Downing Street has confirmed “just 2,000 frontline NHS England staff have been tested for coronavirus,” despite 1.2 million people working for the health service.
It comes as the government is coming under increasing pressure to ramp up coronavirus tests as healthcare leaders warned there is “no immediate prospect” of mass NHS staff testing.
Housing and Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick admitted on Wednesday only 900 NHS staff had been tested over the weekend as the programme is rolled out.
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