Tracing performance has remained high with 92.6% of contacts reached last week, and the proportion of contacts reached within 24 hours increased to 97.5%.
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CBBC doctors join NHS Test and Trace in fight against coronavirus
A new website will help children and young people better understand how to keep safe during the pandemic, as well as guiding them through the testing process.
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17 December 2020
The new Storicise website – launched by the government today – has been developed for schools by NHS Test and Trace in collaboration with the doctors who feature in CBBC’s Operation Ouch! The website is packed full of coronavirus facts, presented in a format designed to inform and reassure children.
Keeping children and young people in full-time education is a national priority, as this is best for their mental health, wellbeing and to help them catch up on any missed learning time. Schools and colleges across the country have also worked hard to put protective measures in place that are helping reduce the risk of the virus being transmitted.
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They ll go to schools in seven worst-hit London boroughs, including Havering and Barking and Dagenham
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The NHS Test and Trace service will be open every day over Christmas and the New Year, providing and processing tests for those who need them and tracing contacts of positive cases.