Claim: UK is testing more people for Covid-19 than any country other than China and Italy.
Fact-check: There's limited data on how many Covid-19 tests are being done globally, but the UK doesn't rank third in the world - Full Fact
Verdict: this is incorrect. as at 13 march, the latest data available when this claim was made, the uk ranked fifth  for the number of covid-19 tests carried out. these statistics only included the 38 countries and regions with official data on covid-19 tests at that time.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Kate Lewis
Date published: 2020-03-19T00:00:00