Public Health England’s 'antigen test' was one of the first developed to locate Covid-19 genes in swab samples - but the UK is still going to fall short of Matt Hancock's 100,000 daily target
Earlier this month Health Secretary Matt Hancock set an ambitious target of 100,000 daily coronavirus tests across the UK by the end of April.
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