Coronavirus: Liverpool mass testing pilot fails to reach city's poorest people

The Liverpool coronavirus testing pilot failed to reach the city's poorest residents, raising questions about the scheme's effectiveness, leaked documents have revealed.

Half a million people were offered tests in November, including a new form of rapid lateral flow testing, carried out by NHS staff and the army.

It was the first city-wide scheme of its kind and a dry-run for Boris Johnson's "Operation Moonshot" - a billion-pound plan to provide regular, nationwide COVID-19 testing.

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