The environment secretary, George Eustice, says testing and tracing capacity is being “ramped up” in the UK. (Subscribe:
In today’s government briefing he said: “The point that I would make on the testing and tracing is we’ve been expanding, ramping up that testing capacity over the last couple of months.
“We got it to 100,000 capacity by the end of April, we’re continuing to build that.”
Earlier his week, Matt Hancock announced anybody over the age of five with symptoms can get tested for the virus.
The UK Department of Health says 35,341 people have died in hospitals, care homes and the wider community after testing positive for coronavirus in the UK, up by 545 from the day before.
Eustice was joined by Prof Dame Angela McLean, the governmentโs deputy chief scientific adviser.
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I don't believe anything they say
I am isolating for another 3 weeks come what may,then I will access what to do next not dr who
This is such a cold, boring setting. People need a sense that their politicians really have a warm, care for their fellow citizens. A little humanization if you will. A setting, such as a wise, beloved uncle rewassurinng you from his fireside chair, that all will be well in time if we stay strong and uniited.
billions has been spent on lockdown, where I have stated from the beginning if we shealed every human but the only kid should be in lockdown mode as they can not be shielded. thus, the billion should be spent on making N95 or N99 affordable to every human who needs to go to work. Such manufacture cost around 200K fully automatic. could be installed in the hospital room, later could be used as a hospital supplier. therefore, shielding every human and continue to work normally, I worked with the army and if we have chemical attack we shealed our self and continue working. But the government refused to Make N95 available to everyone with a process to reuse it. And now we are reopening without a mask or with masks and eye shield. What is the different, Virus still exist, no clear medication and hospitalization procedure, people could be asymptomatic. What are you doing? What change to reopen? what is the difference, therefore why government wasted that much money on lockdown, damage GDP. it should be no Lockdown but kids. also, knowledge dissemination, and masks, also eye shielded to everyone. Now Government wasted billions and reopen society, Why this wasted money? The message government have not thought this well. ignoring people opinion and keep stated scientist without declaring what philosophy those scientists follow. as some scientist are nihilism which I don't trust. to sum up, Virus still exist, no treatment, no vaccination, Thus, the lockdown should be for one week to make masks and eyeshield available to everyone going to work. One week enough to install 100 manufacturers in hospital, send military airplain to bring the manufactures. why this billion has been suspended and who is the beneficiary of this? are we blindly following Bill gate module? The only change we have since this virus appears, we gain more knowledge.
Nhs.uk/coronavirus ANYONE over the age of 5 . Dose anyone have the answer to there lies. Suffer in silence dont worry about love,d one's we really don't cear if u have it or not. Just stay at home.
Anyone wondering where our illustrious leader is will not be comforted by the fact that he has Covid19, meaning he did not have it before. This was simply a ruse to buy sympathy and time. Johnson really is in intensive care now and I wish him the worst in this World to befall his house.
10 years of austerity – a disaster for public health
why are deaths lower at the weeend – not explained
Does anyone in the uk actually believe this ?
South Korean government spokesperson said they can control the epidemic if they have under 50 cases per day and trace 95% of the contacts of those cases. I wonder how we are stacking up against that standard with 3000+ new cases/day?
I don't know why they won't just admit their mistakes or simple historical facts. They were not enough tests for every situation – they chose to triage the tests, and not people directly, although as we now know it certainly affected the number of deaths indirectly (denied any real testing program for weeks, care homes were seeded from those who had been tested in the 'protected' NHS).
If the government didn't know this would happen then they add further evidence to the accusation that they are rather incompetent at their jobs.
If the government did know this would happen and stealthily planned for it then that would be something beyond horrifying to even contemplate (though not all that surprising).
โNecessity is the plea for every Infringement of every human freedom: it is the Argument for Tyrants and is the Creed of Slaves.โ (William Pitt, The Younger, Parliament 1783) My how times and minds have changed. The Dumbing Down has been effective.
No thanks. I do not consent.
When did they drop one of the wingmen from this show.
Next election don't vote this Tory government vermin bunch
Those signs on the front of the podiums are not positive reinforcement. The lime lines are off-putting – hazard, yes, but frightening in a negative way. Two slogans might be sufficient.
MORE USELESS THAN A WET BLANKET .
They finally fixed the sound!
I posted this
"That's right. WV2. If you can bring it over about 2 in the afternoon we have have a doorstep natter too. Was the cable long enough?"
ย yesterday to see how Al Pike the Shitpost Quean would act. She said she would pop over for a doorstep chat too. Only mildly threatening … nice!
I just like listening to their lies. Has anyone noticed that there are no slides showing!!! Also, the figures of those that have died have increased, from yesturday.
Everyone wants to get back to "normal" but step back and you will see that the "normal" was very broken before this staged event!