A son has blasted the government's 'infuriating' coronavirus test booking system after spending three days trying to secure a slot for his vulnerable dad, only to eventually turn up at a deserted facility.
A doctor tried multiple times to get a slot for the 60-year-old father who had a dry cough but was faced with hours of queues.
When the son, who did not want to be named, took over he found the government's website plagued by error messages. He was told the nearest centres were miles away and even contemplated a trip from his Trafford home to Blackpool, Oldham or Liverpool.
The following evening he got a slot at Manchester Airport and set off an hour early anticipating chaos but when he got there he found an empty car park, the