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U.K. Pledges 100,000 Virus Tests a Day as Criticism Intensifies
- Johnson under pressure as number of U.K. tests trails Germany
- Hancock concedes government deserves criticism over the crisis
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U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock pledged to ramp up coronavirus testing to 100,000 a day -- still less than half the level pledged by his boss -- amid mounting criticism of the government’s handling of the crisis.