UK health screening advisers not involved in 'moonshot' Covid plan
by Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent from Science | The Guardian on (#580RF)
Exclusive: Public health experts say it is incomprehensible' NSC not consulted on 100bn rapid mass testing project
The government's health screening advisers have not been involved in Boris Johnson's moonshot" project to test the entire population for Covid-19, an omission public health experts have described as incomprehensible".
The National Screening Committee, which advises ministers and the NHS about all aspects of population screening", has not been consulted on the 100bn plans for mass surveillance involving up to 10m coronavirus tests every day.
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