Government’s online coronavirus test website shuts within minutes
Matt Hancock said the website had been launched to make testing "easier, faster and simpler".
Matt Hancock said the website had been launched to make testing "easier, faster and simpler".
The London facility has capacity for 4,000 – but is said to have only one ward open, with claims it was never intended to take the sickest patients.
Public health experts have said they are concerned about conflicts with World Health Organisation guidance.
In 2011, the then government set out its approach to a coronavirus-like pandemic in a UK Influenza Pandemic Preparedness Strategy.
"We were slow into lockdown, slow on testing, slow on protective equipment, and now slow to take up offers from firms for PPE."
Captain Tom received a standing ovation.
A "communication error" or a "political choice"? You decide.
“The inquiry must have the strongest possible powers given the shocking failures on protective equipment for staff and the slow response of the Government."
Dominic Raab will stand in for Boris Johnson, with up to 50 MPs permitted to attend in person.
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