UK government accused of over-promising and under-delivering on a variety of claims in the past few weeks
Three weeks ago, the World Health Organization told countries battling Covid-19 to “test, test, test” for the virus. Since then, the UK government has been accused of issuing mixed messages, of over-promising and under-delivering – the UK’s daily testing rate has only just passed 10,000.The health secretary, Matt Hancock, insists the government is “rolling out a big expansion of testing” but declines to give a specific timetable.
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