[The Guardian] Test, test, test: can Britain find a way out of lockdown?

Test, test, test: can Britain find a way out of lockdown?

As deaths pass 20,000, testing and tracing are finally back at the heart of government policy – but it’s taken too long and has been poorly planned. A series of delays and U-turns cost time – and the country could pay a price for months to come

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The pay-and-display sign still marks the entrance to the Milton Keynes coronavirus testing hub – a cluster of tents in a car park across from a shuttered Toys R Us shop – that is the heart of the UK’s drive to contain and control the disease.

On Friday afternoon a queue of about 20 cars had formed up on the road outside, carrying key workers from schools, hospitals and care homes.

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