Robert Winston: UK government made ‘colossal errors’ on coronavirus

Labour peer and scientist also worries that ‘moonshot’ ambitions for 10 million tests a day is setting up science to fail

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September 23, 2020

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September 23, 2020

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Source: University of Manchester

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