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Stretched testing capacity to be scaled up

Brand new large-scale technology to increase the number of coronavirus tests that can be processed is being introduced as demand continues to rise.

The Government's director of coronavirus testing has said lab capacity will increase 'imminently' as demand continues to rise.

Sarah-Jane Marsh said the service recognised the 'country is depending on us' and her testing team was working 18 hours a day, seven days a week.

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