Coronavirus tests for key workers in England run out quickly for second day

Home-testing kits unavailable 15 minutes after website opens and drive-through slots booked up within hour

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Coronavirus tests for key workers through the government’s new booking website have run out quickly in England for a second consecutive day.

More than 10 million key workers and their households are eligible for Covid-19 tests as the government attempts to deliver its pledge of 100,000 tests a day by Thursday, but home-testing kits for people across the UK and slots to visit testing centres in England and Northern Ireland were quickly taken up on Saturday morning.

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