The PM hopes millions of Covid-19 tests - including some giving results within minutes - could be processed daily.
But experts say there are issues with laboratory capacity for current tests, while the technology for more rapid tests "does not, as yet, exist". BBC News
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- PM plans to spend almost as much as entire NHS budget in bid to test every Briton every week The Daily Mail
- UK announces 2,659 more coronavirus cases and eight deaths The Daily Mail
- 'Hands, face, space': Department of Health launches campaign pushing basic coronavirus messages The Daily Mail
- Matt Hancock: Holidaymakers and schools bear the blame for testing delays The Daily Telegraph
- Matt Hancock accused of blaming public for Covid test shortages The Guardian
- Matt Hancock hopes six-person Covid rule can be lifted 'before Christmas' The Guardian
- Covid testing: local authorities in England demand more control The Guardian
- New tool could 'help UK doctors spot high-risk Covid patients in seconds' The Guardian
- Care home visits guidance in England is unlawful, charity claims The Guardian
- Coronavirus: Government condemned by health experts for ‘shambolic’ testing system as fury mounts over failings The Independent
- Mixed messages, U-turns and ‘massaged’ figures: A timeline of the UK’s coronavirus testing system The Independent
- Long Covid: 60,000 ill with coronavirus for three months or more, professor says The Independent
- Coronavirus: Scientists doubtful as leaked government document reveals plans for 10 million tests by next year Sky News
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