RE: Ministers will do 'whatever it takes' to save Christmas26 Sep 2020 08:07
But on Friday night a spokesman for the Department of Health and Social Care played down the claims, saying: "These figures and timeline are wholly inaccurate and do not represent expectations or planning. We are investing significant resources into piloting new tests and vaccine development."
In April, Professor Julian Peto, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said up to 10 million people a day could be tested for Covid-19 if every laboratory in the country joined the effort. Weekly testing for every member of the UK population was the only way to save lives and the British economy, he said in a letter to the British Medical Journal.
A record 6,874 people tested positive for coronavirus on Friday, although the true figure was likely to be above 7,000 as it does not include cases in Scotland. The death toll rose by 34.
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