thenewgovernmentwebsiteforupto 10 millionkeyworkersandtheirfamiliestobookCoronavirustestsonlinehadtoclosefor a whiletodayafteritwasinundatedwithrequests.
Almost 50,000 peopleinEnglandtriedtobook a testjusthoursafterthewebsitelaunched 16,000 didmanagetobook a drivethruappointmentorgethometestingkits.
TheDepartmentofHealthapologizedforanyinconvenienceandsaidbookingwouldrestarttomorrowwithcapacityexpandedMikeuse a teacherhadsymptomsandwantstoknowifit's safetogotowork.
Hemanagedtoget a testslotthatthewholeprocesswasveryseamless.
I wasabletoregisteronthenjust I justhadtowaitfortheemailtocomethroughon.
Once I got, I quicklyloggedontosignitandselectedthetestingcenterformeonthebeingreallyeasy.
MikelaterdrovetothetestingcenterinPeterborough.
Heshowedtheemailhe'd received.
Itwasscannedby a memberofstaffandthetestwentahead.
Youknow, I wouldappreciateitifafterthehour, then I'vegotthemessagetosay, Well, it's nothappeningtoday.
Canyoudoitagaintomorrow?
Butwaitinthewholedayandit's notwaitingfor a parcelthatneverturnsup.
TheScottishgovernmentsaiditwasreadytogolivewith a similarsystemtoEngland, withlaboratorieslikethisoneinGlasgowanalyzingthetestsattheDowningStreetmediabriefing, I askedhowmuchmoretestingcapacitywouldbeprovided.
TheWelshgovernmentisalsolookingahead, publishing a strategyfortheexitfromlockdownwhichcouldinvolve a trafficlightsystemmovingfromred, withsomerestrictionslifted, possiblyassoonasnextmonth, to a greenphasewithveryfewleftinplacewheresheiswithmenow, anotherverybigdeathtoll.
thenewgovernmentwebsiteforupto 10 millionkeyworkersandtheirfamiliestobookCoronavirustestsonlinehadtoclosefor a whiletodayafteritwasinundatedwithrequests.