Dominic Raab insists government ‘on track’ to hit 100,000 daily coronavirus tests target

Dominic Raab today insisted the UK government is ‘on track’ to hit Matt Hancock’s 100,000 daily coronavirus tests target by the end of the month despite the number of checks continuing to lag far below capacity.  Mr Hancock set the target at the start of April and ministers now have just four days to get … Read more

Home-testing coronavirus kits are again unavailable for key workers after just 20 minutes

Millions of key workers have failed to secure a home testing kit again today after the UK government website stated ‘none available’ just twenty minutes after the tests were released.   The test site was launched on Friday in an effort to test key workers who are isolating and get them back to work, however it … Read more

Home-testing coronavirus kits are again unavailable for key workers after just 20 minutes

Millions of key workers have failed to secure a home testing kit again today after the UK government website stated ‘none available’ just twenty minutes after the tests were released.   The test site was launched on Friday in an effort to test key workers who are isolating and get them back to work, however it … Read more

Health Secretary Matt Hancock shares photo of himself taking part in ‘painless’ clinical trial

Matt Hancock shares photo of himself taking part clinical trial to treat 5,000 patients with plasma from recovered coronavirus victims Health secretary posted the image on Twitter as a nurse took blood from his arm In the caption he implored Brits to take part in the ‘painless’ trial if they are asked Trial sees plasma … Read more

Health Secretary Matt Hancock shares photo of himself taking part in ‘painless’ clinical trial

Health Secretary Matt Hancock shares photo of himself taking part in ‘painless’ clinical trial with plans to give it to 5,000 patients a week if tests are successful Health secretary posted the image on Twitter as a nurse took blood from his arm In the caption he implored Brits to take part in the ‘painless’ … Read more

Coronavirus: Government under fire over test and trace programme staffing levels

The NHS has published some of the first details of how a contact tracing app will work in the UK. Here is a closer look at what we know so far. – What is contact tracing? Contact tracing is the process of reducing virus transmission by identifying and alerting people who may have been exposed … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Key workers start booking Covid-19 tests under new system

The Government’s new online system for booking coronavirus tests closed just hours in an opening-day farce today as Ministers raced to meet their 100,000 daily target. The website had launched this morning with two options, allowing key workers to book one of just 1,000 home testing kits or apply for a slot at a drive-through … Read more

Matt Hancock loses his cool over coronavirus lockdown demands

Matt Hancock today lost his cool as he was grilled over the UK government’s failure to set out its strategy for easing the coronavirus lockdown. Calls for Downing Street to be frank with the nation have increased after Nicola Sturgeon set out her own plan for Scotland yesterday while Wales is doing the same today … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Key workers start booking Covid-19 tests under new system

Britons struggled to book coronavirus test on Government’s new online system today as Ministers race to meet their 100,000 daily target by the end of next week. Some ten million key workers and their households are now eligible for the tests, but some took to social media to complain that the process was ‘not simple’. … Read more

Senior Tories tell ministers to ‘bite the bullet’ and set out lockdown exit strategy

Furious Tory MPs have demanded the government ‘bite the bullet’ and set out its strategy for easing the coronavirus lockdown as Boris Johnson targets a return to Number 10 on Monday next week.  Senior Conservative MPs fear the government currently has ‘no leadership’ as they urge ministers to give businesses hope that restrictions could soon … Read more