mercurius-adept schreef op 9 november 2020 19:28:
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"The UK has not given up on lateral flow testing however it has significantly downgraded expectations and looked overseas for supply to handle any shortfall that the current testing network is currently not equipped to handle. 100s of thousands of lateral flow tests per day are still going to be used for some part of the pandemic as opposed to the millions previously imagined when Moonshot plans originally leaked.
The de-centralised testing which the UK government is setting up alongside Novacyt, is being installed in NHS hospitals daily, with 86 hospitals kitted out alone last week. The entire rollout could take months, but once implemented will empower the UK hospitals to not only test rapidly in portable high-through devices, but also using gold standard rapid PCR tests.
When used with Novacyt’s WinterPlex, these hospitals can separate patients into flu and covid wards and treat them quickly. It is through the use of accurate multiplex technology that future covid outbreaks can be controlled.
Anyone who comes into an NHS hospital in the years to come with flu-like symptoms can quickly be tested on-site with a Q32 and WinterPlex, isolated, and treated effectively"