RE: Pre lunch3 Feb 2020 11:51
MWC organiser GSMA is working to World Health Organisation guidelines and has announced increased cleaning and disinfection programme across all high-volume touchpoints, e.g. catering areas, surfaces, handrails, WCs, entrances/exits, public touch-screens, etc. along with the use of correct cleaning/sanitising materials and products. They are also liaising with local hotels, shops and eateries to ensure high cleanliness and disinfectant standards are maintained throughout the city.
MWC is the premier showcase for many UK technology companies and Cambridge is traditionally represented in high numbers.
Cambridge BioMedtech businesses are already in the front line of the battle against the virus. As Business Weekly flagged up on January 30, Novacyt has already launched a novel research-only coronavirus test developed by its molecular diagnostics division, Primerdesign as a direct response to the recent outbreak of the respiratory virus in China.
The Primerdesign coronavirus test has the ability to detect only the 2019 strain of the virus, which the company believes differentiates it from other current tests which are less specific and may also react to other related species giving rise to a false diagnosis.
The Primerdesign test is also said to be stable at ambient temperatures, which eliminates the need for cold chain shipping in tropical climates and therefore improves the efficiency of the test and reduces transport costs.
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