[thread] on tests https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/factcheck-the-target-was-for-100000-tests-a-day-to-be-carried-out-not-capacity-to-do-100000-tests">https://www.channel4.com/news/fact...

Matt Hancock

2nd April 2020

"I am now setting the goal of 100,000 tests per day by the end of this month.That is the goal and I’m determined that we will get there" https://metro.co.uk/2020/04/02/matt-hancock-promises-100000-tests-day-end-april-12500642/">https://metro.co.uk/2020/04/0...

Boris Johnson

19th March 2020

"By the same token we& #39;re massively increasing the testing to see whether you have it now and ramping up daily testing from 5,000 a day, to 10,000 to 25,000 and then up at 250,000."

So amidst what will no doubt be a debate over 100,000 capacity of testing on a day

Or the number of tests carried out on a day

Turn the question around

Ask how many require testing

1)Patients admitted into hospital
2) Patients in care home symptomatic
3)Essential staff self-isolating
Hospital medics
Care home
GPs
Police
Fire service
Ambulance staff
111 staff
Armed forces
MPs https://www.itv.com/news/2020-03-30/covid-19-one-in-four-doctors-off-sick-or-in-isolation/">https://www.itv.com/news/2020...