UK will meet 100k testing target or be 'very close' minister says
echoed the same words last night, telling BBC Newsnight: "At the beginning of the week we only had 5,000 home tests available, we now have 20,000 available and it's the reason we are quite likely to get very close to or meet the 100,000 target."
A Government source also told the BBC they were "fairly confident" that testing numbers "will be where our projections forecasted them to be".Testing is seen as being the first stage of a plan to end the lockdown. Boris Johnson tweeted this morning an appeal for Brits to stay on track and work together to beat the bug."We are past the peak and we are on the downward slope."But we can only defeat coronavirus by our collective discipline and working together."Credit: crown copyright
But for track and trace to work, ministers believe the number who currently have the virus will need to be reduced to 100,000 first, The Sun can reveal.King’s College London trackerWithout the track and trace scheme in place, it is likely the Cabinet will decide the full lockdown will have to stay in place beyond the next review point on May 7.
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