In the dark days of March, Boris Johnson promised to build a “world-beating” coronavirus testing system. That system has now descended into chaos and farce, with queues outside some testing centres while others stand empty – and people drive hundreds of miles.
Dr Layla McCay of the NHS Confederation said this week: “We seem light years away from the system we were promised.” Yet the PM insists we carry out more tests than any other European nation.
And he has pledged 10 million a day by next year, under the Operation Moonshot plan. The Department of Health said last night: “NHS Test and Trace is providing tests at an unprecedented scale with the vast majority of people getting tested within six miles of their home.” But people are far