UK coronavirus live: government under pressure to boost testing of NHS staff

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Good morning. The government is under rising pressure to rapidly increase testing for frontline staff who could return to work if found clear of coronavirus, after early results indicated only a fraction of NHS workers in self-isolation tested positive for Covid-19. Last night on Newsnight, Chris Hopson, CEO of NHS Providers, confirmed the first tests on health workers in self-isolation over the weekend found a small proportion actually had Covid-19.

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