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Has Covid Testing Gone Wrong?

Reporter Richard Bilton investigates the rapid expansion of our Covid-19 testing capacity and asks whether we have got the world-beating service the prime minister promised.

Is the biggest mistake in the Covid-19 crisis about to happen? As the country comes out of lockdown, the UK needs a test and trace system that can stop the disease from spreading again. So is that system ready to keep us safe? Reporter Richard Bilton investigates the rapid expansion of our testing capacity and asks whether we have got the world-beating service the prime minister promised.

29 minutes

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Reporter Richard Bilton
Producer Hannah O'Grady
Executive Producer Andrew Head
Editor Rachel Jupp

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