Research and analysis

Adherence to the test, trace and isolate system: results from a time series of 21 nationally representative surveys in the UK, 3 September 2020

The COVID-19 Rapid Survey of Adherence to Interventions and Responses (CORSAIR) study.

• From: Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies
• Published: 23 October 2020

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Adherence to the test, trace and isolate system (CORSAIR study) - 3 September 2020

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Paper prepared by academics on adherence to the test, trace and isolate system. It was considered at SAGE 55 on 3 September 2020.

The paper is the assessment of the evidence at the time of writing. As new evidence or data emerges, SAGE updates its advice accordingly.

These documents are released as pre-print publications that have provided the government with rapid evidence during an emergency. These documents have not been peer-reviewed and there is no restriction on authors submitting and publishing this evidence in peer-reviewed journals.

Please note the authors have identified an issue with the underlying dataset that was analysed for this pre-print. Specifically, around 3% of respondents in the dataset reported having been contacted by NHS contact tracers and asked to quarantine. According to official data from NHS Test and Trace, this should be less than 1%. Given this difference, it is likely that we will revise our interpretation of the quarantine data in the final peer-reviewed paper. Until then, as noted in the manuscript, the data relating to quarantine should be treated with caution.

Published 23 October 2020