The latest Investing Matters Podcast episode featuring Jeremy Skillington, CEO of Poolbeg Pharma has just been released. Listen here.
Interesting from the gov websire ...where are the tests coming from??
Diagnosis and analysis
Based on current evidence, novel coronavirus (2019-nCov) presents with flu-like symptoms including a fever, a cough, or difficulty breathing. The current evidence is that most cases appear to be mild. Those who have died in Wuhan appear to have had pre-existing health conditions.
The UK is now one of the first countries outside China to have a prototype specific laboratory test for this new disease. Healthcare professionals who are contacted by a patient with symptoms following travel to Wuhan have been advised to submit samples to PHE for testing. Individuals should be treated in isolation
After the experience of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003, PHE developed a series of diagnostic tests to detect any member of the family of coronaviruses. These have been used for several years, and were able to detect the first UK case of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) in 2012.
With the first reported publication of the genome sequence of a 2019 novel coronavirus, PHE was able to rapidly develop further specific tests for this virus, working with WHO and global network of laboratories.
When a clinician suspects novel coronavirus (2019-nCov), they take samples from the nose, throat and deeper respiratory samples, package and send them safely to PHE Colindale. PHE can provide a laboratory result from this specific virus on the same working day.
PHE also has the capability to sequence the viral genome and compare this to published sequences from China, if a case occurs. This will provide valuable information on any mutations in the virus over time and allow an improved understanding of how it spreads.
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I still have to pinch myself...two years ago l went all in with BMN this included taking a 10k loan to build a stake of 6.2 million at an average price of 1.4p and although l now only hold 2 million l used the proceeds to build a 2% stake in Spectra Systems which has also done pretty well and started paying a dividend last year. It is only in the last 4 weeks that l have started to use some of the money to fund a few toys including a R8 and am now sitting in the Maldives in a luxury villia for 10 days ...as some people have already said, l told my friends ....but not one invested. I now sit with the good to have problems like estate planning over invested Sipp and how to pay as little Capital Gains as possible ....thank you Bushvield for changing my life...last post till we get over a £1.