Claim: Contact tracers have been told not to trace contacts of Covid-19 cases connected to educational settings.
Fact-check: Contact tracing has not stopped in schools - Full Fact
Verdict: this is incorrect. contact tracers have been told to not escalate these cases to local health teams, but their contacts will still be traced nationally.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Leo Benedictus
Date published: 2020-10-16T00:00:00