Boris Johnson is getting better, but the nation he leads is not | Analysis by lukemcgee
London When British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was released from hospital on Sunday, the country breathed a collective sigh of relief. And with good reason -- despite officials' daily insistence that Johnson was in"good spirits," Johnson himself has since admitted that his life was in the balance.
Questions over whether Downing Street was fully transparent about the Prime Minister's health will doubtless dominate the British media in the days to come. But while important, they risk overshadowing the true picture of the UK's struggle against coronavirus.
Osborne: Boris Johnson is a fighter 11:23"I don't see how we are going to reach 100,000 tests a day unless we dramatically increase testing capacity," says Simon Clarke, associate professor in microbiology at the UK's University of Reading."It's also worth noting that other countries will also want to increase their capacity, so this is going to place a massive burden on companies producing testing kits.
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