Hancock pledges 10,000 coronavirus tests a day after shambles... but not for weeks
MATT Hancock has tonight pledged to test 100,000 Brits a day for coronavirus after the shambles of recent days - but it won’t be for weeks to come.
A new swab test with partners including Amazon and Boots for NHS workers and their families - which will also see whether people have the virus now He said that approving those tests would be "dangerous, and I will not do it", stressing he will continue to search for ones that work to roll out. more determined than ever to fight this disease". "We'll bring together the best minds, the best science that this country has to offer and we’ll work with our friends and allies across the world to do so.," he promised.
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