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UK reduces coronavirus testing target: FT – Metro US

UK reduces coronavirus testing target: FT

FILE PHOTO: Outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in London
FILE PHOTO: Outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in London

(Reuters) – The British government has scaled back its end-of-year coronavirus testing target to around 1 million a day from almost 2 million, the Financial Times reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the matter and leaked documents.

The aim to reach 1.9 million a day has been reduced due to delay in rolling out new technologies, the report added.

(Reporting by Maria Ponnezhath in Bengaluru; Editing by William Mallard)