Officials apologised this week over growing problems with the test-and-trace process, blaming a 'critical pinch-point'
patients in London have received"no test sites" found messages when repeatedly trying to arrange checks to confirm they have the disease.
The Sunday Times report said the number of tests being"voided" - disposed of due to human or technical error - had risen sharply. The government defended the decision to send tests abroad to be processed, saying it was doing everything it could to respond to the pandemic and was seeking to rapidly expand capacity over coming weeks.
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