The Liverpool coronavirus testing pilot failed to reach the city’s poorest residents, raising questions about the scheme’s effectiveness, leaked documents have revealed. Half a million people were offered tests in November, including a new form of rapid lateral flow testing, carried out by NHS staff and the army. It was the first city-wide scheme of its kind and a dry-run for Boris Johnson’s “Operation Moonshot” – a billion-pound plan to provide regular, nationwide COVID-19 testing.
Coronavirus: Liverpool mass testing pilot fails to reach city’s poorest people
