Giving evidence to the Liaison Committee, Boris Johnson bluntly acknowledged that there is ‘not enough’ capacity for screening Boris Johnson admitted the government’s coronavirus testing system cannot cope today amid fears the UK faces ‘lockdown by default’ with schools forced to shut and workers unable to return to offices. The PM bluntly acknowledged that there … Read more
** Have you had problems getting a test? Contact 02036152973 or email [email protected] ** Thousands have been caught up in Covid-19 chaos while testing centres stand empty and ministers say one in four people who have booked slots turn out to be ineligible. Parents in Bolton and Hull have complained of struggling to get tests … Read more
Britain’s coronavirus testing system has come under intense scrutiny in the past 24 hours amid reports that doctors, nurses and people living in the country’s worst-hit towns are unable to get tested for the virus. Government officials including Health Secretary Matt Hancock and the testing boss at NHS Test and Trace have blamed ‘lab capacity’ … Read more
The testing fiasco is on the brink of dooming the country to a de facto lockdown with keeping schools open ‘unsustainable’, ministers were warned today. Boris Johnson and Matt Hancock are facing fury after the system descended into a shambles, with millions of people struggling to get checked. The Health Secretary was humiliatingly forced to … Read more
Parents, teachers and children face being put to the back of the queue for Covid tests as Matt Hancock admitted yesterday swabs will have to be rationed. In a humiliating climbdown, the Health Secretary said a ‘priority list’ would ensure environments such as care homes and hospitals would have enough. However, it comes at the … Read more
Covid tests will have to be rationed, Matt Hancock admitted yesterday. In a humiliating climbdown, he said a ‘priority list’ would ensure care homes, hospitals, schools and key staff had enough. In a torrid session in the Commons, the Health Secretary was also forced to admit the current critical shortages could drag on for weeks. … Read more
The UK could be forced to draft in science students to staff coronavirus testing labs which are buckling under the pressure of surging demand for swabs. A nationwide testing fiasco has left doctors and nurses unable to work because they can’t get checked for the illness, preventing the NHS getting back to normal. NHS staff … Read more
Britain’s Covid-19 testing fiasco has left doctors and nurses unable to work because they can’t get checked for the illness, preventing the NHS getting back to normal. NHS staff are having to leave the frontline to self-isolate because they or family members cannot book a test. NHS Providers says that if the shortage is not … Read more
The Government’s supposedly ‘world-beating’ Covid-19 testing system is said to be ‘in chaos,’ with a backlog of 185,000 swabs as it desperately sends tests to Germany and Italy in a bid to catch up. The system is claimed to have capacity for 375,000 tests a day, but the number being tested dropped to 437,000 a … Read more
The Government’s supposedly ‘world-beating’ Covid-19 testing system is said to be ‘in chaos,’ with a backlog of 185,000 swabs as it desperately sends tests to Germany and Italy in a bid to catch up. The system is claimed to have capacity for 375,000 tests a day, but the number being tested dropped to 437,000 a … Read more