Question reference: S5W-31561
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 3 September 2020
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Current status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 1 October 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what the expected timescale is for contact tracers to get in touch with people who have tested positive for COVID-19 to begin the process of identifying close contacts.
Answer
The National Contact Tracing Centre (NCTC) aims to contact individuals, who have tested positive, within 24 hours of the NCTC receiving notification of the positive result. As at 20 September, the most recent available data, this is being achieved in 83.4% of cases.