Matt Hancock smashes his coronavirus testing target with 120k done in 24 hours.

The Health Secretary has met his coronavirus testing target with 122,347 done in the 24 hours up to the end of April, new figures reveal.

He expanded the criteria meaning that 25million NHS staff, key workers and others who need to leave the house to go to their job can now get a test.

Yesterday Boris Johnson revealed that the country was 20,000 short of the target, and had tested 81,000 on the second to last day before the target had to be met.

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