Follow the latest on the pandemic in the UK as the health secretary is set to defend the decision to scrap Public Health England as he increases testing
Hancock, has also announced the coronavirus infection survey is to increase from regularly testing 28,000 people per fortnight in England to 150,000. The Office for National Statistics survey ultimately aims to include 400,000 individuals, the Department of Health and Social Care said. The expansion aims to have 150,000 people tested per fortnight by October, and the survey extended to cover Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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