Boris Johnson admits only testing everyone will help end lockdown amid chaos over ordering of kits – but 1m are on way
Mr Johnson faced calls to launch a Dunkirk-style mobilisation of Britain’s labs, universities and pharmaceutical companies to build the tests Britain needs to beat coronavirus, MPs and experts said last night.
And Public Health England has caused a further hold-up by authorising less than 60 laboratories to test the kits - despite the UK having more than 600 medically accredited labs.Last night there were signs the UK Government was finally taking these demands on board after Health Secretary Matt Hancock held an urgent call with industry leaders to find new “innovative solutions” to grow Britain’s testing capacity.
"It is a huge task but they know they have the full support of this Government as we work towards this common goal in the national interest, as part of our national effort to tackle coronavirus.Doris-Ann Willliams, head of the diagnostics industry group BIVDA, told The Sun: “There are plenty of chemicals and raw materials to make the kit. But the bottleneck is in global manufacturing.
“Nobody has manufacturing capacity for the amount of demand that we are suddenly seeing, in the same way we have not got the number of hospital beds or ventilators.
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