25 million people now open to COVID-19 tests in UK as government stick to 100k testing target

Описание: Testing for COVID-19 is to be opened up to millions more people in the UK, as the government works to meet its 100,000 testing target by the end of April.

The government has relaxed rules on who can apply for a coronavirus test, after last week expanding testing availability from frontline NHS workers and patients to all key workers and their families. Now testing is also open for all care home staff and residents, people over 65, those who are forced to leave home to work, including builders, plumbers and those working in manufacturing and families of those who have to work outside home. Only care home residents, staff and NHS workers can get a test without having symptoms of the virus. However, everyone else who is eligible to have a test must also have symptoms of coronavirus in order to have one.

On Monday just 43,000 tests took place. Health Secretary Matt Hancock last month promised to test 100,000 people every day by Thursday. However, Number 10 claims the UK’s testing capacity is now at 73,400 per day. A gap between demand and supply is limiting the number of tests being carried out each day.

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