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    Re: London director of PHE issues warning Archived Message

    Posted by Mary on September 16, 2020, 3:56 pm, in reply to "Re: London director of PHE issues warning"

    Johnson is appearing before the Liaison Committee currently. He has said that 500,000 tests for the presence of Coronavirus will be carried out DAILY by the end of October. Oh yes?

    Wonder how much Serco et al charge per test?

    UK set to award Covid-19 testing contracts worth £5bn to private bidders
    Advert says contracts will support UK testing strategy but critics fear move is ‘backdoor’ subsidy
    2 Jul 2020

    Healthcare firm advised by Owen Paterson won £133m coronavirus testing contract unopposed
    Randox Laboratories hired as part of Matt Hancock’s promise to carry out 100,000 tests a day
    11 May 2020

    Both of the above are links from the Guardian.


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