Opinion: Doubling the target to 200,000 tests per day is not enough to beat coronavirus

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Opinion: Doubling the target to 200,000 tests per day is not enough to beat coronavirus
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The former target of 100,000 tests per day by the end of April certainly had a galvanising effect on building testing capacity. But now is the time to move to a more sophisticated view

These are the real issues that matter most to NHS trust leaders. They know that, if these issues can’t be solved, patient and staff lives are at risk. Hopefully, now we have passed the 30 April deadline, there can be greater focus on this key issue of ensuring that every single person who needs a test can get one.

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