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People must self-isolate if called by contact tracer whether they have Covid-19 symptoms or not, government says

A CORONAVIRUS test-and-trace system will start tomorrow morning from 9am, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced.

At the Downing Street press conference, he said that the first people to be contacted will be those who got a positive test result today.

People who receive a call from a contact tracer have a “civic duty” to self-isolate whether they have symptoms of Covid-19 or not, Mr Hancock said.

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