Scandal-hit Serco ‘utterly unfit’ to run Covid-19 contact tracing system
TORY plans to use scandal-hit privateers to run NHS “test-and-trace” call centres emerged today, sparking outrage.
Outsourcing giant Serco and notorious security firm G4S are being lined up to do the bulk of the contact-tracing work, recruiting 15,000 call-centre staff.
The newly recruited workers will be given just a day’s training in the principles of contact tracing, the Times reported.
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