"I'm not saying we can't do it, but it does seem to be quite difficult.
"As the Secretary of State said, we don't really have a diagnostics industry in this country… and that in itself is not going to be straightforward."Using commercial partners, including universities and private businesses, to establish more swab testingSurveillance to determine the rate of infection and how it is spreading across the countryMr Hancock said the 100,000 figure included both the general public and NHS staff.
The government is working with nine potential providers who are working to produce an antibody test, while it is also looking at whether peopleMr Hancock also vowed that health service staff will be able to get tested for coronavirus"absolutely before the end of the month".The ambitious pledge follows criticism of government efforts to ramp up testing and disquiet that the UK is lagging behind other countries.
Labour's shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth said the commitment from the government was"welcome", but added:"NHS staff will recall that only a few weeks ago Boris Johnson was promising 250,000 [tests] a day."Downing Street said earlier that it had finally reached its target of 10,000 daily tests on Tuesday, with 10,412 carried out on that day in NHS and Public Health England laboratories.
MattHancock
The eyes of a man who could never bluff in poker
Well done Matt it was a bit uncomfortable for me in 2018 when I had surgery for Bowel Cancer but the fabulous NHS & Macmillan saved my life 👍
don't believe a word this dude is saying not even 7 days and he has recovered while people are dieing so what did u do too get better so quick. whos the doctor..
I sincerely hope that nursing agencies are not taking advantage of this crisis by charging our NHS ridiculously high fees to supply staff
Couple of 'unpleasant' days? Our health secretary corona virus symptoms are so undetectable that it makes it incredibly hard to believe he has had it. coronavirus PRStunt
Not going to happen. Sky should be concentrating on actual achievements, not nonsense
i forgot herculean resources are reserved for the military
Empty promises. England have the worst approach so far with the coronavirus in all Europe. To be honest I actually Belarus is worst so well done England at least not last
Tories have defunded the nhs for years. Everyone who has voted Tory... this failure is your fault!
BorisJohnson RishiSunak Thousands of UK people are in so much distress - please allow their new employers to furlough them or so many lives will be destroyed. Do the right and proper thing coronavirus COVIDー19 10downingstreet whataboutusboris newstarterfurlough AskRishi
The pew looks like a prop from danger mouse. Mwahahahaha.
Something you should have been doing from day one. Pandora's Box has been open now for several weeks, or haven't you noticed? MattHancock BorisJohnson Conservatives
'Tis not. A Herculean task is using sandpaper to wipe
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