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'Global bottleneck' in coronavirus testing despite 3.5 million new tests in UK

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In the government's daily press briefing on Wednesday, the UK's chief medical officer warned of a 'global bottleneck' in coronavirus testing.

Professor Chris Whitty said the UK doesn't have sufficient testing, which is a global problem because "basically every country is wanting this new test, for a disease that wasn't actually being tested for anywhere three months ago".

He added: "So everybody wants this, so there is a global shortage and that's a bottleneck for us." His comments come after it was announced on Tuesday evening that the government had bought 3.5 million new tests.

In the Commons on Wednesday, Professor Sharon Peacock, director of the National Infection Service, explained that a small number of tests would be tested in a

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