A very high capacity. Laboratories in the uk have been described as maxed out, with 170,000 tests a day. Well have the latest. Also tonight people arriving in wales and scotland from portugal must self isolate for 1h days, but the rules covering england and Northern Ireland are unchanged. The Online Retail giant amazon will create 7,000 newjobs in the uk this year to meet growing demand. Joe biden, democratic candidate for the us presidency, has met relatives of the African American man shot by police last month. And the bbcs Reeta Chakrabarti shares her familys story on the 75th anniversary of the end of the second world war. And in the sport on bbc news, british number one Johanna Konta is out of the us open, beaten in the second round by romanias sorana cirstea. Good evening. Officials in charge of the coronavirus Testing Network have apologised after increasing evidence that the system is struggling to meet demand, with some people being asked to travel hundreds of miles to get tes
Couple of hours using Technology Like this. That is what the government wants to see delivered on a large scale, making regular checks possible for millions of people. There is more funding for trials, but it is a long term goal. Right now, there are complaints from some people about being sent long distances to get tested, including one family who requested tests at their local site at glasgow airport. Stephen, who didnt want to give his full name, said he was offered belfast when he tried to book online. Belfast wasnt exactly desirable, especially with a ferry trip. So i went back in again to try it again and the second time it tried to send me to portree in the isle of skye, which is 127 miles and a five and a half hour round trip, five and a half hours each way. Stephen and his family did eventually get tests locally, although there was a long wait at the site. This lab in glasgow analysing swabs is run by the uk government. The test and protect scheme is managed by nhs scotland. A
7,000 newjobs at amazon yet another sign of the Online Shopping surge. The great books bonanza why the pandemic means even greater competition for that christmas best seller. And coming up on bbc news, johanna konta, dan evans and andy murray all feature in second round action at the us 0pen british number one evans hoping to reach the the third round for the fourth time in his career. Good evening and welcome to the bbcs news at six. Time and time again were told that testing is the key to keeping the coronavirus pandemic under control. But theres growing concern tonight that the uks Testing Capacity is falling short of demand. The bbc has been told of people being sent hundreds of miles for a test. A Government Official is quoted as saying that testing labs are maxed out. The health secretary, matt hancock, has announced details of a £500 million fund to boost capacity by finding quicker and more efficient ways to test people. Heres our health editor, hugh pym. Test results delivere
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