Children's commissioner Anne Longfield said children were too often “an afterthought” during the first lockdown.

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The authors found that 'with increased levels of testing… and effective contact tracing and isolation, an epidemic rebound might be prevented'.

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The Department of Health and Social Care said there is ‘no evidence’ of data being used in an unlawful way.

Fewer than one in 10 people (7%) got a test result within 24 hours of taking a home test, while 15% got a result within 24 to 48 hours.

At least 5,062 people with Covid-19 did not provide their close contacts to the NHS between May 28 and June 17.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has refused to give a date on when the system’s accompanying app would be made available.

Speaking to ITV's Peston, the Health Secretary said the app does not hold information centrally but that users will have to contact the NHS.

After weeks of testing its own approach on the Isle of Wight, NHSX will now use the method developed by Apple and Google.

The government had been testing its own app on the Isle of Wight from May in anticipation for a launch to the rest of the UK.

Fresh figures on how well NHS Test and Trace is working is to be revealed following controversy over missed contacts in its first week.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the number of people carrying the virus symptomatically was what made Covid-19 difficult to contain.

Overall, 31,794 contacts were identified and, of these, 26,985 were reached and advised to self-isolate.

The NHS contact tracing system was launched on Thursday, in an effort to identify those who could potentially have coronavirus.

Matt Hancock is leading the UK government's coronavirus briefing on Wednesday.