Number 10 defended its testing regime for NHS staff today, with the Prime minister's official spokesman saying that more than 2,000 front-line medics in England had been assessed.
'We are very clear that we want more testing to be carried out,' he added, saying that the Government has handed out Government has supplied 390 million pieces of personal protective equipment (PPE) in last two weeks.
It came as:
- Ministers were accused of 'complacence' and snubbing offers of help from labs as Boris Johnson struggles to get a grip on the UK's coronavirus testing shambles.
- Nearly a fifth of small British businesses could be forced to close in the next four weeks after running out of cash amid complaints banks are refusing to give them government-backed coronavirus loans.
- It was revealed the virus was deemed only a 'moderate risk' to Britain by top scientists five weeks ago.
- A British firm producing millions of pounds worth of coronavirus tests is selling most of them abroad because the UK doesn't have enough laboratories to use them.
- A Wuhan doctor who was among the first to alert other medics to the spread of coronavirus has reportedly disappeared sparking concerns that she has been detained by the hardline Communist regime in China.
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