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Huge questions for UK govt after spike in virus cases

by Associated Press
| October 5, 2020 7:03 AM

LONDON (AP) — The British government faced huge questions Monday over its coronavirus testing system after a technical glitch led to the under-reporting of new infections over the past week or so, a failing that could have given fresh impetus to the current outbreak and ultimately to an uptick in deaths.

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