Will Operation Moonshot pass its first test fighting Covid in Liverpool?
With low take-up likely and accuracy an issue, mass testing is not going to be the easy fix everyone is hoping for
Operation Moonshot, the government's ambitious plan to deploy exciting new technologies to test the entire population for coronavirus infection, launches in Liverpool on Friday. Yet, even as the army arrives and testing sites are set up, questions are being asked about the accuracy of the tests and the information people will be given about their results.
Liverpool is the pilot project for ministers' big vision of weekly testing of the entire population - covering up to 10 million people across England a day. Many people support mass testing, which could allow a return to workplaces, socialising and going to the theatre and football matches without the fear of spreading infection.
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