Ministers have admitted they face missing Matt Hancock’s coronavirus testing target today – as experts brand it a ‘red herring’ that has hampered the response. Amid criticism that the UK was lagging behind countries such as South Korea and Germany, the Health Secretary dramatically pledged on April 2 that 100,000 checks a day would be carried … Read more
Ministers have admitted they face missing Matt Hancock’s coronavirus testing target today – as experts brand it a ‘red herring’ that has hampered the response. Amid criticism that the UK was lagging behind countries such as South Korea and Germany, the Health Secretary dramatically pledged on April 2 that 100,000 checks a day would be carried … Read more
Matt Hancock’s target of testing 100,000 people a day for coronavirus ‘could come back and bite him’, Downing Street sources have reportedly warned. The health secretary made the pledge on April 2 at a daily coronavirus press briefing, saying by May 1, Britain should be testing people at the rate of 100,000-a-day. Currently the British Government … Read more
New coronavirus testing lab opens at Cambridge University as Government battles to reach its 100,000-a-day target for checks by the end of the month Laboratory is ‘joint collaboration’ with giants AstraZeneca and GlaxoSmithKline The Government has promised to hit 100,000 tests a day by the end of April The tests had formed part of Health … Read more
New laboratory is opened up at Cambridge University to help Government reach its 100,000-a-day coronavirus testing target Laboratory is ‘joint collaboration’ with giants AstraZeneca and GlaxoSmithKline The Government has promised to hit 100,000 tests a day by the end of April The tests had formed part of Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s ‘five pillar’ plan By … Read more