⁍ British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he aimed to be able to do 500,000 tests a day by the end of October.
⁍ Johnson repeated that the government would hold an inquiry into its handling of the coronavirus crisis, but did not give a time for it.
– British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says his government is working hard to ramp up testing capacity to deal with the deadly coronavirus, and hopes to have 500,000 tests a day up and running by the end of October, Reuters reports. “We will be up at 500,000 per day by the end of October,” Johnson told a parliamentary committee, adding that he hoped that would be enough to meet increasing demand. He repeated that the government would hold an inquiry into its handling of the coronavirus crisis, but did not give a time for it.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-britain-johnson/britain-will-boost-coronavirus-testing-to-500000-a-day-by-end-of-october-pm-johnson-idUSS8N2EK02A