Coronavirus: Scientists Doubt as Leaked Government Document Reveals Plans for 10 Million Tests Next Year | UK News

[ad_1] The leaked documents reportedly show the government plans to conduct up to 10 million coronavirus tests a day early next year, but critics have called the proposals “wasteful on a cosmic scale.” The massive testing program would cost £ 100bn, almost what the government spends on the NHS each …

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Ministers change their minds on Covid restrictions

[ad_1] Image copyright PA media There is more than one ‘rule of 6’. Who knows? It’s what a legendary Hollywood movie editor used to best describe when making a must-see movie, mixing six different elements like emotion and space (his name is Walter Murch, if you’re looking for trivia). The …

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Saliva-based coronavirus tests hit the market

[ad_1] Two UK companies are to launch rapid saliva-based tests for Covid-19 on Thursday, amid growing requests for more testing capacity in Britain as employees return to their offices and students return to school. British technology company iAbra has developed a test that uses a mouth swab to remove saliva …

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Trump Deliberately Downplayed Virus, Woodward’s Book Says

[ad_1] Image copyright fake images US President Donald Trump knew that Covid-19 was more deadly than the flu before it reached the country, but wanted to downplay the crisis, according to a new book. Bob Woodward, the journalist who sparked the Watergate scandal, interviewed Trump 18 times between December and …

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US official says pressure to downplay intelligence reports

[ad_1] Image copyright Reuters Screenshot Whistleblower says Chad Wolf (left) told him to stop giving analysis on Russian interference A senior intelligence official with the US Department of Homeland Security has said that agency leaders pressured him to downplay the threat of interference in the Russian elections, as it “made …

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