Ministers threaten to fine the public if they don't 'do their civic duty' and obey 14-day isolation orders from coronavirus Test and Trace staff as new scheme comes into effect ...

NHS Test and Trace programme will launch this morning but it will go live without the crucial NHSX app. The roll out of the app has been delayed after problems were experienced during a lengthy Isle of Wight pilot. It means the new system will initially be entirely reliant on human testimony to slow the spread of the virus. Anyone with coronavirus symptoms will be told to self-isolate at home for seven days and to order a test. Anyone who then tests positive will be told to provide the NHS with contact details of people they have seen. Contact tracers will then track people down using email addresses and phone numbers telling them to isolate Those people who are contacted will be told to isolate for 14 days even if they do not have any symptoms