The reported daily rate of coronavirus infections in the UK could be plateauing because testing is already running at capacity. The huge backlog of potential patients awaiting their results could mean infections are far higher than is being reported. It comes amid further claims that potential coronavirus patients have had their tests lost, further underplaying … Read more
A cure for the test kit fiasco? A junior doctor is assembling £10 coronavirus testing kits on his kitchen table to help medics return to the NHS front line Dr Mike Gough has come up with the idea to help health staff in self-isolation He and his brother Chris have crowfunded to buy 1,000 testing … Read more
‘I feel free!’ Richard Wilkins returns to hosting Weekend Today after 18 days of self-isolation with COVID-19 By Shive Prema For Daily Mail Australia Published: 02:31 BST, 5 April 2020 | Updated: 02:31 BST, 5 April 2020 Richard Wilkins has returned to his hosting duties on Weekend Today after 18 days in self-isolation with COVID-19. … Read more
Scientists who offered their help to the British Government’s coronavirus swab testing effort say they never heard back from officials. Universities, private laboratories and research institutes could have been processing thousands of coronavirus tests for weeks, they say, if they had been enlisted. A COVID-19 testing row erupted this week after Germany scaled up its testing … Read more
BioSure’s chief executive revealed the firm was ‘ready to go’ but had been snubbed Britain’s testing fiasco deepened today after an Essex-based maker of antibody fingerprick kits claimed Public Health England bosses won’t even ‘look’ at them because they are DIY. BioSure’s chief executive revealed the firm – which already makes HIV tests – was … Read more
British health officials ‘IGNORED warnings from WHO to prepare for mass testing in case of a major pandemic as far back as 2005’ Officials wrongly believed a new strain of influenza would be next to hit the UK Senior government insider said they reportedly ‘did not discuss’ mass testing The UK’s coronavirus death toll today … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
Queues built-up up outside the temporary drive-through station in Chessington, with cars snaking down the road for up to 60 metres as it opened for business at 10am.
At long last, the US is testing more people a day for coronavirus than any other nation in the world. But it’s been a slow ramp-up, and frustration still abounds over the length of time it takes to get tested, have the sample processed and get results back. And testing capacity still remains uneven across … Read more
Boris Johnson is facing demands to overrule control-freak health chiefs today amid warnings ‘time is running out’ to scale up coronavirus testing. Sir Paul Nurse, chief executive of the Francis Crick Institute, urged the PM to summon the Dunkirk spirit and let ‘small ship’ labs start screening for the killer disease. Delivering a damning verdict … Read more