Why aren't more people being tested for coronavirus in the UK?

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Why aren't more people being tested for coronavirus in the UK?
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Three months have passed since the World Health Organization was first made aware, on 31 December 2019, of a previously unknown virus causing pneumonia among patients in the city of Wuhan in eastern

But unlike many other countries fighting the virus, the UK has not rolled out widespread testing. So are the authorities here doing enough? The disease has spread to more than 200 countries and territories, killing tens of thousands of people, with the US, Italy and Spain recording more cases and more deaths than China.

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