UK’s antibody testing fiasco exposed: PHE test misses a third of cases

Antibody tests being used by Public Health England could be missing a third of positive results, a study has shown as Britain’s coronavirus testing fiasco deepens. A company given £1million of Government funding in March has produced a test that doesn’t yet meet ‘challenging’ official standards. And the Department of Health has already cancelled orders … Read more

Is PHE facing the chop? Boris Johnson tells Tory MPs he plans post-pandemic review of ‘institutions’

Is Public Health England facing the chop? Boris Johnson tells Tory MPs he plans review of ‘institutions’ amid fury over testing and warns he will not return to austerity or freeze public sector pay to cover the cost of coronavirus PM insisted his plans to revitalise left-behind parts of the UK would go ahead  He … Read more