A Nobel Prize-winning biologist has branded the Government’s 100,000 coronavirus tests per day target a ‘PR stunt’ as it emerged that it was ‘likely’ to be hit on time. Sir Paul Nurse, chief executive of biomedical research centre the Francis Crick Institute, also tore into the strategy on Question Time last night and said it … Read more
Ministers have admitted they face missing Matt Hancock’s coronavirus testing target today – as experts brand it a ‘red herring’ that has hampered the response. Amid criticism that the UK was lagging behind countries such as South Korea and Germany, the Health Secretary dramatically pledged on April 2 that 100,000 checks a day would be carried … Read more
Coronavirus testing figures are still only HALF the 100,000 daily target set by Matt Hancock – despite a huge expansion of the eligibility criteria There were only 52,429 virus tests on Tuesday, missing the target by nearly half Matt Hancock’s testing plan was criticised as a ‘red herring’ by hospital leaders The eligibility criteria now … Read more
Now banks target their LOYAL savers with cuts four times bigger than the Bank of England base rate fall Official base rate was reduced by 0.65 percentage points last month to 0.1% Readers say banks have responded with rate cuts of up to 2.5 percentage points Nationwide, Yorkshire, Co-op Bank and Santander have dished out … Read more
Matt Hancock today agreed to a £100 bet that the UK will meet its target of 100,000 coronavirus tests a day by the end of the month – despite not even being halfway there yet. The charitable bet adds pressure onto the Health Secretary to fulfil the 100,000 tests per day he promised would be met … Read more
Health bosses look set to miss their own coronavirus testing target with just three days to go, in what would be an embarrassing blow. Matt Hancock, the Health Secretary, insisted last month that Britain would be conducting 100,000 tests a day by the end of April. But just 29,058 tests took place on Saturday, the latest … Read more
Dominic Raab today insisted the UK government is ‘on track’ to hit Matt Hancock’s 100,000 daily coronavirus tests target by the end of the month despite the number of checks continuing to lag far below capacity. Mr Hancock set the target at the start of April and ministers now have just four days to get … Read more
Matt Hancock’s 100,000 daily coronavirus tests target was NOT recommended by government’s SAGE panel of experts, reveals Chief Medical Officer Professor Chris Whitty Matt Hancock set target of 100,000 daily tests by end of month at start of April Professor Chris Whitty said government’s advisers had not agreed to target He said SAGE backed increasing … Read more
Re-engineering coronavirus patient’s ‘own’ immune cells to target and destroy virus-infected tissues could be the key to treating the disease, researchers say Researchers say the therapy involves extracting immune cells, called T lymphocytes, from a coronavirus patient’s blood stream Then receptors on the surface of the cells are engineered to recognize cells infected with the … Read more
Britain’s coronavirus testing programme appears to be in crisis – as health bosses have just ten days to increase the number of daily swabs fivefold. Ministers yesterday insisted they will hit their target of testing 100,000 people a day by the end of April. But just 21,626 tests were performed on Saturday – the highest … Read more