Britain may have hit its daily testing target - minister
"It’s an important stepping stone."
FILE PHOTO: Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick speaks at the daily COVID-19 news conference at 10 Downing Street in London, Britain April 18, 2020. Pippa Fowles/10 Downing Street/Handout via REUTERS
Britain may have hit its daily target of 100,000 Covid-19 tests, or come close, putting in place the beginnings of a network to test, track and trace people through the pandemic, housing minister Robert Jenrick said on Friday.
"I don't have the figures yet, they'll be published later today. But it looks like we'll either meet the target or come close so we will have very significantly increased the amount of testing in this country," he told BBC TV.
"It's an important stepping stone. We've now built the beginnings of the network that we'll need of testing, tracking and tracing for the next phase of fighting the virus."
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