Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, wearing a face mask, leaves number 10 Downing Street in central London to take part in Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) in Parliament on November 4, 2020. / AFP / DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS
LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday his government would roll out new types of COVID-19 testing "on a scale never seen before" to stem the growing pandemic when a new lockdown in England expires on Dec. 2.
"At the expiry of this period on December 2 ... we will be rolling out across this country new types of testing on a scale never seen before," Johnson told parliament.