x

Britain`s $30.6 billion COVID-19 test-and-trace programme still missing targets: Watchdog

Shortpedia

Content Team
Image Credit: shortpedia

Britain's much-maligned multi-billion pound COVID-19 test-and-trace system has improved but is still missing targets and the results of millions of tests to find asymptomatic cases have not been reported, parliament's spending watchdog said on Friday. The programme, which was given a 22 billion pound ($30.6 billion) budget, was launched by PM Boris Johnson in May 2020 to oversee testing of those who thought they had the virus.