Britain finally hits 10,000 tests a day but doctors fear 'apocalypse' as hospitals face four-day wait for results

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Britain finally hits 10,000 tests a day but doctors fear 'apocalypse' as hospitals face four-day wait for results
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BRITAIN has finally hit 10,000 coronavirus tests a day but doctors fear an “apocalypse” as hospitals face four-day waits for results. Michael Gove today revealed the huge surge in the number of tes…

Appearing on Sky News’ Sophy Ridge on Sunday,The senior Minister said: “Well, we have been increasing the number of tests and I can confirm today that the number of tests being carried out is 10,000 now and we want to increase that – 10,000 a day – and we want to increase that to 25,000 a day.

A senior consultant at Cambridge University Hospitals warned the average turnaround time so far has been three to four days, while at Hull Teaching HospitalsThe Cambridge consultant said: "I have never seen colleagues so concerned.“People just don't get the apocalyptic nature of this situation."In a letter being sent to households across the UK this week, the PM suggests the government will not hesitate to enforce further lockdown measures if needed.

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