The NHS Forth Valley contact tracing team will be soon be disbanded.
The 80-strong team in the area has been managing up to 700 cases a day in March as the Omicron variant – and its sub-variant B A2 which is now dominant – continues to have very high transmission rates.
But while numbers have been higher than ever, there has not been a surge in serious illness or death thanks to very high vaccination levels among the population and to new anti-viral treatments that are now being used for more serious cases.
