LVT1 schreef op 22 december 2020 09:28:
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www.ft.com/content/67b64476-8274-467d... The UK may not have enough coronavirus tests to meet surging demand in the coming weeks, according to an internal government document, as the new strain of Covid-19 sends cases soaring.
Demand for the conventional polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests used by the NHS Test and Trace programme was predicted to outstrip supply in the week to Christmas by up to 50,000 tests a day, according to government calculations made last week and seen by the Financial Times.
The forecast that demand could exceed 700,000 tests a day, when capacity currently stands at 650,000, was made before the effect of the new strain of Covid-19 was fully understood.
Since those calculations were made, Boris Johnson, the UK prime minister, has said that the mutation could be up to 70 per cent more transmissible than the earlier strain. The warning caused international alarm and has resulted in more than 40 countries imposing travel bans on Britain.