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The government's testing co-ordinator insisted people should not get 'hung up on targets' today as he argued the goal for 100,000 checks a day had been met.Prof John Newton brushed off a row over whether the numbers had been cooked, stressing the big picture was capacity had risen sharply and there would always be disputes…

Formula One’s plan to test everyone at a circuit as a condition of returning to racing will involve a huge cost outlay as private tests are sought to avoid health service suppliers. Even with grands prix held behind closed doors, more than 1,000 people per venue would need to be tested.F1 hopes to begin the…

BRITAIN did meet its 100,000 a day coronavirus testing target yesterday or was "very close", a minister has said this morning. Robert Jenrick told Sky News that Thursday's figures would be released later today, and he was hopeful of a huge ramping up in the final day of April. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus live blog…

Assistant Secretary for Health admiral Brett Giroir speaks as US President Donald Trump listens during a news conference on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on April 27, 2020.Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump said he thinks the U.S. will "very soon" be…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox.  Sign up here.The coronavirus outbreak in Los Angeles County is believed to have infected at least two hundred thousand people by early April, which would far surpass the number of officially confirmed cases, according to a report on Monday.A large scale study by…

(CNN)As Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott formulated a plan this week to reopen the world's 10th largest economy, he had to strike a delicate balance between two opposing forces: a push from the state's powerful business community eager to get back to work and health professionals and economists warning that a premature restart could be…

AN alarming lack of testing in UK care homes may have already led to the deaths of 4,000 residents, experts have warned. New figures show 217 residents in nursing homes in England and Wales have died from coronavirus in the 14 days leading up to April 3. ⚠Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest…

The Supreme Court on Monday modified its order on free coronavirus tests.HighlightsTop court earlier said COVID-19 tests be made free for all It later changed decision as private hospitals could not afford it Only those under Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana eligibleNew Delhi: Free test for coronavirus will be available only to the poorest, the…

Image copyright PA Media Image caption A drive-through coronavirus testing site has been set up at Chessington World of Adventures Testing is the solution to "unlock the puzzle" of coronavirus, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said. Mr Johnson was speaking after it was revealed only 2,000 out of some half a million frontline NHS workers…

A 13-YEAR-OLD "healthy" boy has died in hospital from coronavirus - becoming the UK's youngest victim of the pandemic. Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab, from Brixton, South West London, was rushed to King's College Hospital in London after suffering breathing difficulties. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest news & updates The 13-year-old died at…