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Matt Hancock – 100,000 tests a day target is achievable

Once again, the Health Secretary Matt Hancock was tasked with doing the rounds of television studios, updating the public on the government’s coronavirus strategy. Concerns have been mounting that the government has not made enough provisions to test people for the virus, especially NHS staff. The government has since announced a target of 100,000 tests a day by the end of April. Sophy Ridge challenged him on these figures, but Hancock insisted the goal was realistic:

SR: The numbers sound great… but on [your] record, is it actually achievable?

MH: Yes. It’s going to be hard, and it’s going to require an awful lot of people to put their shoulders to the wheel… We set a goal of 10,000 tests a day by the end of March, and we hit that goal… We are on a very rapid ramp-up, but clearly we need to see that go further.