You’ve got to be CHOKING! Matt Hancock bursts out laughing after swabbing throat at Parliament’s new self-test hub… while Speaker Lindsay Hoyle looks unsure as his turn is next The Health Secretary volunteered to use the new facility in Westminster Drop-in testing centre has been set up by Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle By Martin … Read more
People in Liverpool fear no one will believe the Covid test results they receive in a mass swabbing scheme set to start this week, as experts admit the trial will not catch every case. Starting this Friday, the city’s 500,000 residents will be asked to go for regular Covid-19 checks in the first major step … Read more
England’s testing fiasco first emerged three weeks ago when the government ran out of swabs after teachers and children returned to school, universities re-opened and parents dashed back to offices, a top expert has claimed as the crisis continues to unfold. Dr Duncan Robertson, a policy analyst at Loughborough University, spotted that on-line booking was … Read more
GPs in England say they have ‘no idea’ how many of their patients have coronavirus because the Government is not sharing test results with them. Family doctors and councils were promised the results from hundreds of thousands of swabs carried out at drive-through centres weeks ago. But the Government’s national testing programme coordinator said there … Read more
UK’s testing farce: Drive-thru centres are only swabbing ‘four people a day’ as ministers bring in the Army and Amazon to ramp up capacity – but are still only a FIFTH of the way to meeting 100,000 a day target with just six days to go By Stephen Matthews Health Editor For Mailonline Published: 12:22 … Read more
Ministers are being told to get a grip on coronavirus testing as the health secretary closes a loophole that left thousands of its unused and a vast NHS swabbing station stood deserted. Matt Hancock tonight intervened to end the embarrassing situation in which the number of tests carried out is short of capacity. A source … Read more
A huge NHS coronavirus swabbing site stood deserted today despite the urgent need for more patients and medics to be examined. Pictures surfaced showing a testing site for NHS staff in Chessington, south-west London, today as the UK’s Covid-19 death rate doubled. No tests appeared to be underway for the virus as the car park … Read more