UK is no better prepared: key takeaways from Covid inquiry’s test, trace and isolation module

An NHS test-and-trace worker collects samples at a drive-through test facility in September 2020. Initially many testing centres were hard to reach for people without cars. Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters

The Covid inquiry has spent the past three weeks on the UK’s attempts to control the pandemic through test, trace and isolation. Here we look at the key findings from the module and experts’ recommendations for future pandemic preparedness.

The role of test, trace and isolation