10% of England's population could be tested for Covid-19 every week

Exclusive: NHS Test and Trace asks public health directors to sign up to rapid-result test planCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageUp to 10% of England’s population could be tested for coronavirus every week after government officials asked local health chiefs to deploy 30-minute saliva kits in an acceleration of Boris Johnson’s controversial “Operation Moonshot” mass screening plan.In a letter seen by the Guardian, NHS Test and Trace asked all directors of public health to sign up to receive rapid-result test kits for up to a tenth of their populations every week as part of “an exciting and important new front in our fight against coronavirus”. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/28/10-of-englands-population-could-be-tested-for-covid-19-every-week #coronavirus #uk_news #matt_hancock #patrick_vallance #politics #conservatives