Problems with PHE's Covid-19 tests raise serious questions over UK's coronavirus response

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Problems with PHE's Covid-19 tests raise serious questions over UK's coronavirus response
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A memo sent by PHE's senior lab team flags up several concerns about the tests, despite the fact hundreds of thousands have been carried out

From the outside, the nondescript brick and glass building in Colindale in London’s northern suburbs looks like the headquarters for an insurance company, or maybe a large call centre. In fact, the building is home to Public Health England’s national reference laboratory, a maze of different labs for different diseases with the critical role of “protecting the nation’s health”.

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