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UK Government should be 'brave' if testing target not met

Justice Secretary Robert Buckland has acknowledged that the Government target of 100,000 coronavirus tests may not be met by the end of the month.

Buckland told BBC Breakfast that even under those circumstances, it is important to be "bold".

"Even if it [the target] isn't met, we're well on our way to ramping this up and 100,000 is an important milestone, but frankly we need more.

"Yes, 52,000 isn't 100,000, I know that ... but we are straining every sinew to get there.

"If he [Matt Hancock] hadn't set a target he would have been criticised for being unambitious. I think now is the time in respect of this to be bold ... being brave is something we should acknowledge even if the target isn't met today."

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