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Health secretary Matt Hancock has said he is “setting the goal” for 100,000 tests a day for
Coronavirus by the end of April.
Speaking at a press conference in Downing Street amid rising criticism the
UK has been slow to ramp up its testing regime, the minister outlined a five-point plan.
He said Public Health
England and the private sector would work together to build lab capacity and testing would be handed to NHS staff first.
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