Greater testing capacity earlier would have reduced deaths, minister admits

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Speaking on the Andrew Marr Show, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps says that if the UK had had a bigger test capacity before the pandemic hit then "many things could be different". Mr Shapps said it was too early to compare Britain’s excess mortality from coronavirus to other countries.