Will Britain’s rapid vaccine rollout boost UK shares?

INVESTING SHOW: Will Britain’s rapid vaccine rollout and a route out of lockdown boost UK shares? By This Is Money Published: 16:53 GMT, 15 February 2021 | Updated: 16:53 GMT, 15 February 2021 The UK’s record on coronavirus has been patchy at best but the nation’s vaccine rollout is a success so far. Prime Minister … Read more

Morgan Fairchild recalls advising Robin Williams to ‘slow down’ his rapid fire delivery

Morgan Fairchild recalls advising a young Robin Williams to ‘slow down’ his rapid fire delivery for first stand-up special By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 00:04 GMT, 11 February 2021 | Updated: 00:09 GMT, 11 February 2021 Before she became a household name thanks to TV soaps Flamingo Road and Falcon’s Crest, Morgan Fairchild had … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Omega soars on demand for rapid Covid-19 tests 

MARKET REPORT: Omega Diagnostics soars as Government moves to lower UK’s dependence on foreign firms for Covid tests By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:58 GMT, 8 February 2021 | Updated: 21:58 GMT, 8 February 2021 A government drive to lower the UK’s dependence on foreign Covid testing firms sent shares in Omega … Read more

Controversial rapid lateral flow coronavirus tests ‘detect most infectious cases’, Government study

Controversial rapid lateral flow tests ‘can detect most infectious cases’ of coronavirus, a Government-led study has claimed amid concerns about their reliability.   Oxford University scientists who carried out the research found the devices, which give a result within half an hour, catch between 84 and 90 per cent of Covid-positive people. Number 10 has spent more … Read more

Rapid lateral flow Covid tests No10 is using are too inaccurate, scientist warns 

Professor Jon Deeks, a biostatistician from the University of Birmingham, accused the Government of making lateral flow tests seem ‘better than they are’ Boris Johnson’s extortionate Operation Moonshot mass-swabbing scheme could accelerate Covid’s spread because the tests are so inaccurate, a top expert has warned.   Professor Jon Deeks, a testing expert at the University of Birmingham, … Read more

Matt Hancock defends effectiveness of rapid asymptomatic tests after revealing plans for roll out

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has today defended his plans for the mass rollout of rapid Covid-19 testing for people who cannot work at home during the lockdown, after the pilot faced efficacy issues. Asked if the lateral flow rapid turnaround tests being deployed across England were the same as those used in a Liverpool pilot scheme Mr Hancock told the BBC’s Andrew … Read more

Rapid rollout of Covid testing blitz for people who cannot work at home during lockdown

Health Secretary Matt Hancock today announces plans for the mass rollout of rapid Covid-19 testing for people who cannot work at home during the lockdown. In an article for The Mail on Sunday, Mr Hancock says that while the vaccines represent the ‘cavalry’ in the battle, the ratcheting up of testing was an ‘important weapon in … Read more

Covid UK: Head teachers slam ‘frankly ludicrous’ government plans to roll-out rapid mass tests

School leaders have slammed ‘frankly ludicrous’ government plans to roll-out rapid mass Covid testing in schools across the country in just days. The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) said government guidance on rapid tests ‘doesn’t take us much further forward because it ignores the fact that this plan and timescale are totally unrealistic’.  Meanwhile … Read more

Moonshot scientists DEFEND rapid lateral flow coronavirus tests

The scientists behind the Government’s Moonshot testing plans have leapt to the defence of lateral flow coronavirus tests – even after their own study found they were less than 50 per cent reliable at detecting the virus. Experts who masterminded the pilot in Liverpool say the rapid tests are ‘very helpful’ and a ‘good alternative’ … Read more

Scientists behind Moonshot pilot DEFEND rapid lateral flow coronavirus tests

The scientists behind the Government’s Moonshot testing plans have leapt to the defence of lateral flow coronavirus tests – even after their own study found they were less than 50 per cent reliable at detecting the virus. Experts who masterminded the pilot in Liverpool say the rapid tests are ‘very helpful’ and a ‘good alternative’ … Read more