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A “coding error” led to contact tracing staff in Scotland overestimating the number of people contacted within 24 hours of testing positive for Covid.
Corrected data shows that in some weeks Test and Protect staff failed to contact about half of positive Covid cases in Scotland within that time.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the mistake should not have happened.
But she insisted the Test and Protect system was working to a “very high standard”.
Opposition politicians said the error was shocking and called for answers and reassurance.
The
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Scottish Sun reported that Public Health Scotland revised up the overall number of positive cases waiting more than a day to be interviewed from 8 ... Read even more
