Boris Johnson blames coronavirus test shortages on “colossal spike in demand” - BBC News
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- Опубликовано: 12 июн 2024
- There's more evidence of the severe problems being faced by people who need a test for coronavirus and of thousands of results being delayed.
The prime minister Boris Johnson blamed the shortage on what he called a “colossal spike” in demand, with the re-opening of schools being the prime cause.
Boris Johnson's critics say it's also the case that the government has failed to deliver on its promises. Mr Johnson told MPs that everything possible was being done and that he was determined to avoid another lockdown which he said would be “disastrous for the economy”.
Meanwhile health officials in the north-west of England have warned that the coronavirus testing system there is at breaking point.
The demand is so great that some hospitals in Bolton, Wigan and the Wirral have warned people with symptoms to stay away, saying there are no tests at their accident and emergency departments.
Officials in the north-east of England say they will impose new restrictions by the end of the week.
Huw Edwards presents BBC News at Ten reporting by health editor Hugh Pym, health correspondent Dominic Hughes and Fiona Trott.
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Don't worry if you can't get to the front of the queue. As long as they have your details you'll still get a positive result, even without the test.
If Boris Johnso forgot to tie his shoe laces he'd blame his shoes for not tying themselves for him.
we saw the rise coming... we are two weeks behind spain that meants in two weeks wh'll also have 9-10k cases
What does this even mean
Id rather a pm weigh up the outcomes, options and then act upon them even if it means a U-turn there's nothing wrong. And he's always fessed up about mistakes made. How would labour boost capacity in the time needed? How would they keep up with the work load? If you can't answer then you should have no bones to pick at the way Boris us running the country tbh.
Ok sheep, believe the British brainwashing corporation.
Fact is our testing programme is the best in Europe. Yes it's under pressure, but still doing more tests than anyone else.
You try and run the country with a pandemic like this moaning because you have to wait a few hours for a test, I hate privalidged people.
When will people realise he took and is still taking them for a ride?
If you ain't ill you ain't got it if you ain't ill why you taking a test?
MK 13 have you just arrived on Earth 🌍 or something...if you have atypical symptoms you feel hardly feel anything different or nothing at all but you can spread it . While your on earth try the water 💦 it’s good yeah
@@twothirty so if you have cv and show no signs of illness you can pass it on to someone else so they can catch it and show no signs of illness too...
@@ProtosHeis94 do yourself a favour and watch UK Column news on utube. Listen to 9th September's episode then the 11th September and yesterdays 16th September. You will find the real TRUTH on there.
@@twothirty Both the WHO and the CDC have said it's extremely rare for an asymptomatic person to be contagious. Have you just arrived on earth?
So basically the NHS was at breaking point and now it cant "go back to normal"
Yeah if it was a film I'd agree. In reality the worlds a stage and all the news is lies
NHS aren't running the track and trace or testing.
That's Serco, basically, the tax payer has just given them a load of money for a job Serco can't do
@@mrman991 A flawed test and fake death rates that has been called out
by people like Dr Shiva and many other experts.
@@mrman991 Yes and guess whose brother is in the board at Serco? Jobs for the boys
@@llewbach77 what do you think is causing the excess death rate in the UK then?
Basically... "if you can't get a test it's your fault because you want a test" Boris is useless.
Sorry to be so off topic but does any of you know of a method to log back into an instagram account??
I was stupid forgot the password. I would appreciate any help you can give me!
@Killian Solomon Instablaster ;)
The lies of boris will pass through generations
He is just a TV star same as Trump. They are not running things mate.
What lies? He did not lie in the committee did he? He took ownership and fessed up on mistakes made. Another key factor go Boris and his premiership is that he weighs up options,outcomes and acts upon them. How would labour act if it was in power and made a mistake? They would do U-turns. I think liberal values and virtues say no you can't do that and thats worrying or if you do then you are a failure..its totally wrong and labour would be in the same position.
@@scottlee7542 Wrong about Trump. He's kicking ass.
Notice how officials aren't seen queueing for a test, they know what's up.
Or we pay them too well so they don't have to use NHS test centres and use their private healthcare instead.
Squall20XXuk Exactly
They don't get tested cos they know it's all BS. The tests are only for their livestock, partly to take your DNA for their new DNA collection pertaining to 'Coronavirus legislation' which rolls in October. And that allows them to retain your DNA and fingerprints linked to the virus and national security. And the other part is to fully cement the brainwashing of their evil BS in the psyche of people. Hmm, nothing nefarious in that then, LOL!
Asdas scrapped the basket and trolley cleaning facilitys round my way. What do they know that we dont......
Boris: 'There has been a spike in demand due to the schools going back in September.' Did the government not know the schools were going back in September?
Should test the BBC for BS....positive every time lol
What part of this is BS?
And ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make ye free
ruclips.net/video/DCjms7zy3xA/видео.html
👍👍👍😊
All the other comments are from the people that believe this is reality not an illusion. God bless
But first it will make you cry.
BBC’s going broke 😂 40 million loss that’s karma
How sad BBC FEEL HEART BROKEN FOR THE REDUNDANCIES
PapaB Deaks nice try though red hat
That's 0.8% of their annual income. Seems that karma is at ease with the BBC.
@Arfur Fuxxakes because in many people's eyes the tories can do no wrong pretty much.
what a mess
And this channel than deleting comments. 😪😆
@@marasol7169 they're not though lol
Watch UK Column news on utube for the real facts. Listen to September 9th broadcast then the 11th September and then yesterdays 16th September.
ruclips.net/video/aG1YlF8PH9E/видео.html
Boris is to become the Editor-in-chief of The Daily U-Turn Newspaper, which contains a Mix Messaging format along with failed soundbites like Get Brexit Done and Oven Ready for Christmas.
Like having Mr Bean in charge
BS, BS, BS!
what is BS?
so.... you blame the failures of the system on the system failing to cope?
this is becoming so blindly stupid....
if your system can't cope with what all the scientists predicted when lockdown ended, you haven't done your job
It's just like what happened with Swine Flu in 2009-2010. The virus came and went, but they brought out "new" PCR tests and started testing like crazy. Hundreds of thousands of "cases" registered but no actual impact of disease. The hysteria went on for over a year. The same is happening with Covid. Only this time we have a brutal authoritarian government in the making.
@@heminder It's not hysteria with Covid. If doctors and nurses can't get tests that's serious. They can't work for fear of passing Covid onto patients. If children can't get tests they can't go to school and parents may not be able to go back to work as childcare may not be possible.
@@heliotropezzz333 It is _all_ hysteria at the moment. History is repeating itself. There is just so little impact from the disease that it doesn't warrant this madness. The government has voluntarily crippled the NHS by cancelling surgeries and _causing deaths_ just to test people with PCR for "cases". All the undiagnosed or untreated cancers, operations, emergencies etc are a bigger concern but all we seem care about is Covid. Which, by the way, isn't even seasonally active during this part of the year. See this on how epidemics actually work ruclips.net/video/8UvFhIFzaac/видео.html
We don't need to test _everyone,_ certainly not children as they are of least concern in terms of risk. The government is using a crappy strategy. Only those who come in to close contact with vulnerable people (elderly, co-morbid, etc) ought to get checked. Everyone else has a near-zero risk from this bug.
There's a University Of Edinburgh paper on this from May -
www.ed.ac.uk/covid-19-response/latest-news/two-tier-approach-could-begin-lockdown-end/
Norseman “so little impact”
Try and say that to the families of the half a million + people who’ve died from it or been permanently affected from it.....
they’d care to very much disagree.
EVERYONE needs to get tested otherwise WHAT IS THE POINT? That’s like saying “we shouldn’t have intensive airport security just because a couple people tried to take down a few planes it doesn’t affect the majority”
The point is it’s better to be SAFE than SORRY.....
Would you rather a situation where you can confidently say you beat the pandemic and safely brought it to an end rather than one that results needlessly in more innocent people dying?
Thats why we get kids vaccinated Because it’s better to be SAFE than SORRY.
That’s why hospitals recommend getting regular health checks.
*BECAUSE ITS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY*
The virus isn’t going anywhere anytime soon and we’ve now seen the number of cases rising again literally because people weren’t taking it seriously......
Rad Derry the NHS is only refusing because they literally don’t have enough equipment or tests to properly administer one.....that’s not their fault whatsoever it’s the governments
How can you test someone or treat them if you don’t have enough equipment to do so?
government: oh its the testing
coronavirus: hehe i have fooled you
Hands face space works with covid but it won't stop seasonal colds or the flu I smell bull shit
Bring down the “r” rate; refuse to be tested.
BBC News: 'Shows graph of uk testing most in Europe'
Also BBC News: "though there are other countries in Europe doing more"
Germany was testing months ago....
Amazing how powerful is the TV propaganda ...
Sweden in meanwhile 👀
What is happening in Sweden
@@deekyevans5235 its doing worse than the countries around it who implemented a lockdown and the swedish goverment has admitted they would act very differently if they could do everything all over again so its not really the saving grace the anti lockdown nutters think it is
@@ayrts01 yes, Sweden took a gamble and that may have been the wrong choice in retrospect.
But the fact that they did not suffer anywhere near as badly as predicted goes to show that the virus is not as deadly as predicted. I'm not dismissing that it's a problem.
The differed now is that we have effective treatments and have had time to prepare, so right now we should take Sweden's approach for this upcoming "second wave".
Ayrton Steele I read a few articles a couple of days ago saying that they've done well overall and their only mistake was not protecting the care homes quick enough 👀
@@deekyevans5235 open web browser, search Sweden latest news. Tadaaa!
Something tells me that this news organization doesn't like the prime minister.
Does anyone even like him tho
well they keep telling the uk to do what he says
So he's too uneducated to have predicted this happening. Pick leaders who are educated for the job.
The BBC pays exorbitant salaries and then expects the over 75 viewers to make up for its excesses.
So does the NHS even worse
Why are you all testing? You would have to test everyday because you can get it everyday. If you have symptoms go to your doctor. This is crazy. It’s a cold! 99.8% survival rate.
tell that to the 40k dead
Demi Star : Must to admitted your comment its BRILLIANT! Well done 👍
It’s a serious flu which has left some with serious issues months after the initial infection. You can’t go to your doctor if you have symptoms, ring up any GP and find it out yourself. Testing keeps track of the virus and makes sure we keep it controlled.
Wearing face masks is making people sick that was the great plan all along!!
jacktangent average age of death is 79. Protect the elderly and immune compromised and everybody else go live your lives. We now live in a morbid death culture. Wake up!! It’s a virus.
DOVER!
is a shit hole and if you live there please stay there fuck me there is a reason the rest of the county has ignored that pile of bs
Dovakia as I've known it for years lol
See UK Column news on utube. 9th, 11th and 16th September episodes. They're an eye-opener.
@@louiseanderson3619 link??
What about Dover?
can't he just take the blame himself? it's always someone else's fault.
mate, that's the tories' play book, bring up the migrants when EU talks are failing, blame the EU when you cut the taxes for billionares
thats called "being a politician" and their wonder tactic of "spin" always has been, always will be. politicians... you NEVER admit mistakes, fault.. always divert blame. thats in the training!
Good grief....don’t people know that even if you get tested there’s nothing the doctors do for you. Not one thing until your are one of the ones needing a respirator, and they don’t take you for that until you are dying. We have a 85 yr. old neighbor, sick enough to go to clinic. They tested him. He had it, they sent him home with his family with nothing in the way of meds. Told them if he got worse to take him to emergency room, which they had to a few nights later, and they wouldn’t take him either because he didn’t need a respirator and sent him home with nothing. He got well on his own. But he was 85. They don’t want you unless you are already dead, so it doesn’t much matter if you get tested or not.
Teachers can wear face covering. Primary and secondary schools children's should be maintenance distance.
Just shut the schools!
Do Boris Johnson and his government never plan ahead? (Rhetorical question, I know the answer).
Can I re-freeze chicken?
Nah I wouldn't.
Only if you have a freezer.
Boris thought he was going to have such an easy time of it. Lol.
where did he say that ?
@@tobytroubs He didn't say it. He thought it.
@@nocash3055 psychic are we ?
@@tobytroubs Defensive, are we?
Somewhat "triggered," you might say?
Yes?
Mushroom and garlic
Meanwhile in Sweden...
(Note to the 77th Brigade: Don't bother with the lies on your crib sheet about Sweden).
Great, Boris has finally grasped the concept of supply and demand. Maybe we should aim higher next time?
Boris is loving the power.
As its been handled completely wrong.
@@daveallen63 yeah they wouldn't pay me enough i don't think, and my expense account would be under £10000.
That is so bad, imagine queuing outside like that while feeling sick, only to be told you cant be tested. Countrys a shambles
Everyone get tested (to boost the new cases figures..)
Not that many tests, we can't cope. STOP....🛑 😂
its a joke, laughable! the farce continues, the gullible oblige
The Netherlands is doing the right thing, most people smart enough to not go on holiday or go out in groups. My lady rang for a test and within 2 days she was checked, She is a teacher and important to have access to tests! Sort it out!
And we still don’t have to distance or wear masks in lessons half of the classes aren’t in people with symptoms can’t get tested and coronavirus can spread like wild fire, I’m 14 and I can see this the government are adults and it’s there JOB but still they get it wrong.
Stuart Cumings i know some1 with it
Amazing, the power of fear holds no bounds.
this is a classic BS salesman tactic; give a false impression of demand where there is none in order to get some. I don't want one and nor does anybody I know want to get these pointless tests that aren't even fit for their stated purpose
ruclips.net/video/DCjms7zy3xA/видео.html
A very straight laced long time customer of mine who i would never try and talk sense too put me on the floor when he said about the pandemic "i am starting to take conspiracy theorists seriously about this Corvin19 total nonsense"
ruclips.net/video/FU3OibcindQ/видео.html worth a look as they force their pre-planned 2nd lockdown!
I haven't seen my other half for 6 months because of all of this mess
Why? There's nothing stopping you. Please take a listen to UK Column on utube. Listen to 9th of September's broadcast, then the 11th of September's and lastly yesterdays 16th of September. There my love, you will find the real FACTS. Do yourself a favour and stop listening to the fake news mainstream media and go see your other half.
Outsourcing testing to private companies is obviously the solution. The problem here is that not enough people are making money out of this pandemic
I work in a restaurant and as soon as I got a fever and my smell changed my employer rightly so made me get a test which turned out positive. The test should only be avaliable for those with symptoms and those who are working and interacting with others. People should not be selfish with tests (eg they want to go on holiday or they can work at home). The testing system is overloaded because too many people who don't need it are trying to get it!
Everyone works with other people though so I don't think that will reduce demand.
Gin and tonic anyone?.
Make it a double
Have you got anything stronger?
England really is falling apart. It's incredibly sad to see
Any other test with a less than 1% pick up rate and only 70% accuracy would have been regarded as useless in the past. Note that HMG says if you have symptoms, isolate until you have a negative test. Oxford University says isolate for 10 days even if you have a negative test as it is so inaccurate. Every primary school kid I know of gets three or four fevers every winter - isn’t this all a bit of an over-reaction?
You're being played, Britain. Fools 🤦🏻♂️
If someone has ‘ALL the key symptoms’, why do they so desperately need a test? The key symptoms suffice to tell them they must self-isolate - test or no test. People should take responsibility for themselves, instead of expecting to be mollycoddled by the government and blaming it for everything. Want someone to tell you what to do every step of the way? Then you deserve no freedom.
Introduces policy to make schools have entire classes of children tested and all household members tested, they do AS EXPECTED. Fails to order sufficient extra kits to cope with demand and they run out AS EXPECTED. Number of positive cases report inaccurate numbers as many cases are going untested owing to shortages AS EXPECTED. My next expectation is that the classification of death by corona virus is changed so the death toll is not AS EXPECTED.
If an office junior forgets to order ink for the copier, does she get away with it by saying more people used the copier than normal ? No she does not, she gets her P45 and there are some of those long over due in the present Covid debacle.
Could that be anything to do with the large amount of public money spent on advertising for people to get a test????
He needs to resign
Why you all voted Boris?🤤
This is happening all over the world, apart from Sweden, and maybe evein that was deliberate.
Why would a British country vote for liberalism? For a labour government no it would not.
Because at the time it was a better option than Corbyn
@@Ellzyboy delusional.
@@PhilipGeorgeOnline no it's not. The UK is far behind other European nations in terms of testing. Boris is a fraud and this country voted to give him an 80 seat majority. He took you all for mugs and amazingly, some are still thinking Corbyn would be worse. Crazy.
Unions vs managers, but 140 billion a year budget we can't question
You sent ppl out,back to school,you take the responsibilities you should clean this up Boris
The government knew autumn and winter was on the way and cold and flu would be high so they should have organised the testing system and got enough test and staff ready
Kinda dodge though, as common cold, is a Corona family virus, and is also picked up by PCR. The PCR magnifies RNA material, its not one bit a diagnostic tool.
Never mind about the economy what about the people
Exactly we better not go in lockdown or anything 😤
Politicians are so short-sighted
The government just ain't trying.
Meanwhile in Italy take 30 minutes to deliver the result
So if they have more labs are they gonna employ more staff to conduct the tests?
the biggest budget of 140 billion, the NHS is not fit for purpose as a organisation, front line use is amazing but its management has the modern sickness thinking they aren't just people that organise wages and supplies, thinking the NHS needs a ethos
The fuck was this meeting like? “There’s a spike in demand, Boris” “Well it must be schools” “Maybe we should shut them” “NONSENSE!”
Government: We are ready for you all to go back to work. Remember to get a test.
Government: wHeRe DiD aLl ThIs NeEd FoR tEsTiNg CoMe FrOm????
Since when was peter jones a narrator for BBC news?
If Boris Johnson filled up his car with the wrong fuel, he’d blame the fuel for not being compatible with his car.
Who is still listening to these plebs honestly?
Plebs
If they can send letters out to every home in U.K. why can’t they send out test kits to every home with return or free post envelopes would save a lot of man hours and frustration when you have sent one away another one could be sent back to you
government is clueless....
The government needs to get it's shit together
If it gets me - it gets me...
I'm sick of listing to everyone moaning the government does not have unlimited resources it doesn't have a magic wand and I'm in no doubt nobody else wants the job
Im not the most inteligent not sure if i spelt that right!!lol!! However i do have common sense boris johnson said children need to go back to school so we have done that on the believe it is safe to do. So we do as we are told by boris johnsons and his health secrtarys guidance then children going back to school is to blame for lack of test availability. know we are trying to make sure we dont send our children in to school in case us as parents or our children are infected but we cant be tested!!??so if children goin to school is why we cant get us or our children tested is a problem, why are we sending children to school and what is the point of 6 people meeting in public as a new law, if children goin to school is making it hard to keep up with testing and the prime minister is blaming the shortage of test on his push for parents to send children back to school.does he think the british public do not have sense to see this!? We need a fresh start and have a person in charge who has had hardship in their lives who has empathy who does what they have too,to make ends meet ,been in debt ,been depressed been to a job centre!!because this is not working!! We can take what ever is thrown at us as a nation and the goverment forgets communities dont support eachother to gain we do it because we know what its like to be in a bad situation!!
Stop all this crap and sort the schools out ... why is whole year group in schools being sent home .. we parents need to work .. where do we leave the kids?
Colossal spike in demand? Does that mean there's been a colossal spike in infections? I thought you were only supposed to get tested if you were showing symptoms?
Can someone tell me what getting a test actually does for someone who is sick?
Exactly.
A test is not "a cure".
Confirmation - you have to stay away from people, if you don't have it, you can stop avoiding your own family and go back to work.
People just want to know so they can stop acting as if they do have it as the sensible thing to do is assume the worst.
@@Dancopp we're supposed to be socially distancing anyway, do you not keep distance from your family if you have the flu?
@@jamesearlcash500 Yes, if i'm ill I'll avoid seeing elderly relatives, obviously and generally out of etiquette i'll avoid contact with people. That's kinda what sick days are designed for, so you don't infect your workplace.
As Covid-19 has been scientifically proven to be way more contagious due to its dramatically larger incubation period it cant be treated the same. Also sadly people are not socially distancing, thanks to the 'it's my right to not wear a mask' brigade.
The headline demonstrates the lack of knowledge of the system. Increased use of it is likely to increase the number of so-called ‘infections’, with the concomitant reactions by certain people. In truth, the vast majority of the public would be better off turning a blind eye to the wolf, and getting on with their lives.
Seriously Boris, go away.
Yeah my results are currently being delayed and my employer will not let me back until I get my result, I have been waiting 5 days now
I am Korean.. Let me introduce my dog. bean curd
Better not go back into lock down or anything like that 😡😡😡😡🤬🤬🤬
Get a test if you have a cough -no tests available
To the man locked in his bedroom away from his wife and baby for seven days. (LOL) I hope he is feeling better. He looks well-rested now anyway. I only hope my husband doesn't follow suit. If he does I will be knocking the door down.
You ease the lockdown and you send kids back to school. How could you not have anticipated that this was going to happen.
Teachers and unions close schools for political gain and are putting extra pressure on testing systems ?
And I give you
The Extinction of human kind 👌🤔
Let's see, schools go back, universities go back, government tells people to go back to the workplace and they could not predict there would be a spike in demand. This man and his controller are just not capable of running the country. We all know planning ahead ensures you stay in control, firefighting does not. We need a new Leader.
As if no one was expecting that when schools reopened.
Too many people on this planet, doesn’t work any more.
Sorry to hear the shortage of Covid19 testing is being faced in UK. As a UK chief executive , Boric Johnson has to solve Covid19 up to coming through some ways
Boris "Blame everyone but myself" Johnson
Really? What bollox
Go get tested they say,now it’s our fault for getting tested,don’t get tested if you don’t have symptoms..
What the heck...
Take responsibility boris,you and your clowns..
“We're all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life.”―Tennessee Williams
Bottom line the kids shouldn’t be back at school full time the schools won’t let em in if they have a drippy nose they ask that the child is tested this is good to try keep schools safe but it was silly to send them back now it’s starting to hit home
*This man's hair looks of a rare deep sea cucumber species*
Living on top of a Sea Cucumber...
Boris Johnson selfie: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_cucumber#/media/File:Actinopyga_echinites1.jpg
Less of a colossal spike, more of a colossal prick.
Oops, they didn't factor in demand from the worried well.