Greater testing capacity sooner would have reduced coronavirus deaths, minister admits

‘If we had had 100,000 test capacity before this thing started and the knowledge that we now have retrospectively, I’m sure many things could be different’, transport secretary says

outbreak took hold would have reduced the number of deaths in the country, a senior government official admitted.

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