RE: Tomorrow should be interesting!28 Sep 2020 20:36
Nice one:
New rapid testing kits are set to be rolled out in hospitals across England as the government pushes ahead with its plans to deliver Covid-19 results to patients and medical staff within one hour.
Downing Street has signed a contract with the Southampton-based diagnostic firm Primerdesign for up to 300 high-tech PCR testing devices, which will be placed in NHS hospital settings from next month.
Once delivered and installed, the devices will be able to process roughly 60,000 samples a day.
One source said that the new machines “will make the difference” in hospital testing, allowing patients and staff to be quickly assessed prior to surgery or other procedures.
No 10 has ordered two different types of machine from Primerdesign – the genesig q16 platform, which is capable of running 150 tests a day, and the genesig q32, which can process around 300 tests a day.