Family waiting nine days for coronavirus tests after northern Italy trip

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A dad whose son began coughing days after returning from Italy says he's been waiting nine days for a coronavirus test - and fears may more are slipping through the cracks.

Phillip Meyer, 48, from Kent told the Guardian he was told by the 111 service on March 2 that he and his 12-year-old son Gabriel needed to be tested.

But despite daily calls to the NHS, this still has yet to materialise. Mr Meyer, from Westerham in Kent, said: "We've either slipped through the cracks, or the Government is really not doing a very good job of testing people.

And I fear it's the latter." Mr Meyer and his wife and two sons went on a half-term family skiing trip to South Tyrol on the border between Italy and Austria.

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