UK may ease bans next week

Prime minister pledges a doubling of testing capacity by the end of May Prime Minister Boris Johnson has signaled that the United Kingdom could start easing some of its novel coronavirus lockdown measures from Monday, while also committing to a new goal of doubling testing capacity to "200,000 per day by the end of the month". During his first clash with new Labour Party leader Keir Starmer in Parliament on Wednesday, Johnson confirmed he would clarify plans to begin lifting the lockdown on Sunday. The government announced it had hit its target of 100,000 tests on Friday, but that number has since fallen back. The prime minister said "capacity currently exceeds demand "and the...