UK turned down offer of 10,000 tests a day four weeks ago
by Josh Halliday from on (#52V4G)
Government declined 'game-changing' US-approved coronavirus saliva tests
The UK government turned down an opportunity to buy tens of thousands of potentially "game-changing" coronavirus tests from an award-winning British scientist just days after Matt Hancock pledged to hit 100,000 tests a day by the end of April.
As the UK looks set to miss its target, the Guardian can reveal that the government spurned an offer nearly four weeks ago to purchase vast quantities of US-approved home testing kits from a firm carrying out tests for the US air force, and the states of Florida and Alaska.
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