Matt Hancock faces MISSING 100,000-a-day testing target TODAY

Drive-through coronavirus testing sites across the UK were pictured almost empty today as Matt Hancock faced a backlash because he is set to miss his target of conducting 100,000 checks a day by the end of April.  The Health Secretary announced on April 2 that the government would achieve six-figure daily testing by close of … Read more

Matt Hancock’s 100,000-a-day testing pledge ‘could come back and bite’ warn Downing Street sources

Matt Hancock’s target of testing 100,000 people a day for coronavirus ‘could come back and bite him’, Downing Street sources have reportedly warned. The health secretary made the pledge on April 2 at a daily coronavirus press briefing, saying by May 1, Britain should be testing people at the rate of 100,000-a-day.  Currently the British Government … Read more

New lab opened at Cambridge University to help Gov reach 100,000-a-day coronavirus testing target 

New laboratory is opened up at Cambridge University to help Government reach its 100,000-a-day coronavirus testing target Laboratory is ‘joint collaboration’ with giants AstraZeneca and GlaxoSmithKline  The Government has promised to hit 100,000 tests a day by the end of April  The tests had formed part of Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s ‘five pillar’ plan  By … Read more