46,000 people tried to book Covid-19 tests via Government website on Friday
Test booking slots or home testing kits will become available from 8am each day
Some 46,000 people tried to book a coronavirus test on the Government's new website on Friday, but tests ran out soon after it went live.
Over 10 million key workers and their households are now eligible for Covid-19 tests as the Government races to hit its 100,000-a-day testing target by next Thursday.
Under the expansion, NHS and social care staff, police officers, teachers, social workers, undertakers, journalists and those who work in supermarkets and food production are among those now eligible.
But within two minutes of the website going live at 6am on Friday, all 5,000 tests for people to do at home had been booked.
Published: by Radio NewsHub