Tony Blair has told RidgeOnSunday the UK is going to be living with COVID19, not eliminating it, for the foreseeable future Ridge
We're doing infinitely better than we were, we're testing many, many more people," he acknowledged.
"But I still don't think we've got the right strategy in place for what I would call mass testing, and if you think our capacity is 300,000 tests a day, we're probably only utilising, on our calculations, about half of that. "We'll soon have 500,000 tests a day capacity. We should be using all of it and that means extending greatly the numbers of people who have got access to tests and using the data and local communities much more effectively in doing it.
"And the reason why I still think we're short of where we need to be is that, if you analyse what we know about this disease now and look at the global data, the reality is that we're going to be living with COVID-19, we're not going to be eliminating it."
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Blair says we need to wear masks & social distance long term to live with CovidTONY Blair has warned the world will have “live with” coronavirus and suggested we’ll all be wearing masks and social distancing for some time. The former Prime Minister said Covi…
Read more »
Future shock: how Australia's universities are changing after the coronavirus cataclysmShaken by the Covid-19 induced collapse in international student revenue, campuses are buzzing with ideas of revival
Read more »
‘It’s a ghost town’: tourism crisis hits British cities from Edinburgh to BathThe effects of coronavirus on both international and domestic visitor numbers have left former hotspots fearing for the future
Read more »
The Observer view on Britain's Covid-19 responseThe Recovery drugs trial is a beacon of excellence among the general coronavirus incompetence
Read more »
Coronavirus: Morning updateFive things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this morning.
Read more »
Boris Johnson’s libertarian journey on tackling obesityThe prime minister’s permissive views have collided with the reality of coronavirus, writes Ashley Cowburn
Read more »