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Matt Hancock denies government set 25,000 testing target by mid-April
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Matt Hancock denies his department set a target of 25,000 tests a day by mid-April. Downing Street today revealed that testing capacity now stands at 19,000 people a day, but only 14,982 tests were carried out in the 24 hours up to 9am on Tuesday.
The current capacity falls short of the Government's target to reach 25,000 tests a day by Wednesday April 15. During today's Downing Street press conference Mr Hancock denied that he had set the target, insisting it was originally set for the end of the month.
But his own department published a press release on their website saying on 18 March saying "The increased capacity is expected to be ready within 4 weeks, with highest-priority cases being tested first." It followed an announcement by Mr
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