Don't miss a thing by getting the latest from the Manchester Evening News sent direct to your inbox Fewer than one in five people request a coronavirus test if they have symptoms, according to a large study examining the Test and Trace system.
It also found less than half of those with symptoms were sticking to self-isolation rules. Experts, including from the Public Health England (PHE) behavioural science team at Porton Down in Wiltshire, found that only half of people could identify the main coronavirus symptoms - which include a cough, high temperature and loss of taste or smell.
Just 18 per cent of those with symptoms said they had requested a test, while only 43 per cent with symptoms in the previous seven days adhered to full