How UK spent £800m on controversial Covid tests for Dominic Cummings scheme

US firm Innova believed to be largest beneficiary of contracts after selling millions of Covid tests that are dividing opinion Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDominic Cummings’ plan to test millions of people a day for coronavirus led the government to spend over £800m on quick turnaround tests that were later found in a pilot to give the wrong results as much as 60% of the time, the Guardian can reveal.Operation Moonshot, a mass testing scheme championed by the prime minister’s former chief adviser, prompted the government to buy huge numbers of so-called lateral flow tests from a company owned by a little-known US private equity house. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/28/how-uk-spent-800m-on-controversial-covid-tests-for-dominic-cummings-scheme #coronavirus #science #uk_news #dominic_cummings #health_policy #health #politics #public_services_policy