How the UK can get its catastrophic coronavirus testing underneath management

By Clare Wilson

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THIS month, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson introduced an ambition to extend the nation’s capability for coronavirus testing to a number of million exams a day.

Billed as Operation Moonshot, the thought was acquired with widespread incredulity. The UK is at the moment failing to fulfill demand for coronavirus testing, with roughly half one million every day requests outstripping supply by up to fourfold.

But there are additionally studies of latest applied sciences in growth that would make testing quicker and cheaper. If the UK …