Source · Select Committees · Science and Technology Committee (Commons)
Recommendation 168
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Professor Martin explained to us that early in the pandemic there were “very severe constraints...
Conclusion
Professor Martin explained to us that early in the pandemic there were “very severe constraints in equipment and consumables” which acted as a drag on testing capacity: Bear in mind that those were all new tests coming on stream at the beginning of the pandemic. Effectively, there was not enough to go round. It was global; it was not just the UK. There was a global shortage of the consumables. […] There are big international suppliers that have capped the UK supply of consumables251
Government Response
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