MO15 Sep 2020 14:05
Here’s the response from my local MP regarding SNG001
Thank you for your email and pointing out this issue to me. I am afraid that I am not medically qualified to comment on the effectiveness of specific drugs but this does seem encouraging and I will pass on your reflections to my ministerial colleagues in DHSC.
Leaving aside discussion of specific drugs, it is encouraging that over the past six months we have built almost from scratch one of the biggest testing systems in the world. We must now use every new innovation at our disposal to expand the use of testing to help build the mass testing capability that can help suppress the virus and enable more of the things that make life worth living.
I am therefore pleased that a new £500 million funding package will be invested in next generation testing technology and increased testing capacity. This includes expanding existing, promising trials in Southampton and Hampshire, using a saliva test and a rapid 20-minute test. I believe that these innovative new tests will maximise the impact and scale of testing, helping us to get back to a more normal way of life.
Thank you again for your email.
Very best
John