UK 'may never hit coronavirus test targets' with lost samples & 'chaotic' test centres
The whistle-blower, a contractor with Sodexo at the Haydock Park centre in Merseyside, said: “It’s a shambles.PM Boris Johnson wants 200,000 tests a day but 100,000 has yet to be reached consistently.
Paul Hunter, professor of medicine at the University of East Anglia, blamed lab closures and funding cutbacks. And Nicola Stonehouse, University of Leeds professor in molecular virology, added: “The Government’s testing target is arbitrary but it remains to be seen if we can actually hit it.” The Department of Health said “We are determined to make it fast and simple for all eligible people who need a test to get a test.”
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