By Ben Kerrigan
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged to achieve a target of 200,000 tests for coronavirus a day by the end of May moves closer to addressing the cornavirus problem in the Uk.
Johnson told Prime Minister’s Questions that his ambition was to hit the target 200,000 ”test by the end of the month and then even go higher” He said “capacity currently exceeds demand” and the government was taking steps to address that.
The government is due to review lockdown measures on Thursday, though the prime minister said it would be an “economic disaster” to relax the lockdown in a way which triggered a second spike in coronavirus cases. It is believed the lockdown will be eased in phases in line with scientific advice, but the government is set to clarify its steps tomorrow.
Pressure for the lockdown to be eased has been rising from ministers in the prime minister’s own party and business owners, but Mr Johnson and his team have several times stressed the importance of avoiding a second spike, replied: “Yes, he’s right that capacity currently exceeds demand, we’re working on that, we’re running at about 100,000 a day, but the ambition clearly is to get up to 200,000 a day by the end of this month and then to go even higher.”