UK health secretary pledges 100,000 coronavirus tests per day
Britain’s numbers are increasing exponentially with the death rate doubling every three days.
The United Kingdom has pledged to carry out 100,000 coronavirus tests per day by the end of April.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has set out a new “five-pillar” strategy after days of intense scrutiny over failures with the current regimen.
A total of 569 deaths were reported in the UK in the past 24 hours.
Al Jazeera’s Jonah Hull reports from London.
Published On 3 Apr 2020