Coronavirus: UK virologists criticise handling of Covid testing contracts

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UK virologists criticise handling of coronavirus testing contracts

A group of Britain’s leading virus experts say mistakes are being made in the handling of the Covid pandemic, with testing contracts awarded on apparently ideological grounds to private sector companies rather than based on expertise.

 

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