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Johnson’s Covid Test ‘Shambles’ Risks U.K. Economic Revival
- Prime minister says track-and-trace key to boost confidence
- Program faces shortages, glitches just as cases surge again
No entry signs stand outside a Covid-19 walk-in test centre during the coronavirus pandemic in Leicester, on Sept. 16.
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When Martin Lane needed a coronavirus test for his five year-old son, he spent two days trying to book one without success. The alternative to getting tested was for the whole family to isolate at home for two weeks, severely disrupting his marketing business near Swindon, southwestern England and hitting his partner’s work, too.