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UK hit by new virus test failing, finds 16,000 extra cases

by Associated Press
| October 5, 2020 11:03 AM

LONDON (AP) — The British government has launched an investigation into how nearly 16,000 new coronavirus infections went unreported as a result of a technical glitch, a failing that could have given fresh impetus to an outbreak that critics say could easily get out of control.

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