Updated 03/12/2020 22:09 GMT
Is Boris Johnson Overselling The Moonshot Merits Of Rapid Covid Tests?
Worries over reliability have prompted questions about using them in care homes, and elsewhere.
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From PMQs to the No.10 press briefings, Boris Johnson has had plenty of tricky questions lobbied his way over the past few months. But the one that really made him squirm most today was from a member of the public who innocently raised the topic of his wedding plans.
In his Facebook “People’s PMQs”, wedding organiser Lara said “you’re supposed to be getting married too..” Perhaps it was the phrase “supposed to be” that unnerved him, but Johnson sounded distinctly uncomfortable as he blurted out: “I didn’t want to drag that in.anyway, we’ll take that one offline, as they say.”
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