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Coronavirus tracers in Staffordshire have contacted 125,000 people in just seven months.
Members of Staffordshire County Council’s Test and Trace team have turned detective to track down people who had tested positive, as well as their close contacts, so they could self-isolate and help stop the spread of infection.