Health
Coronavirus test results must come in 24 hours, says Sage scientist – The Guardian
Chair of modelling group urges curb on capacity in favour of speed if test-and-trace system is to work
A massive expansion of testing will still leave Britain struggling to keep Covid-19 infections under control unless the system can inform people they are positive within 24 hours, one of the governments most senior scientific advisers has warned.
Ministers have insisted that they are on course to hit a target of 500,000 tests a day by the end of the month, with suggestions this weekend that capability of a million tests a day could be reached by Christmas.
However, Graham Medley, a member of t…
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