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Coronavirus swab kits could be delivered to UK homes by Amazon in pilot scheme as No10 reveals testing is only at half capacity Britain’s coronavirus testing programme is only at half capacity, No10 admitted In just 13 days Matt Hancock promised the UK will test 100,000 people a day But only 18,665 tests were performed … Read more
How many times have you said: ‘Oh, I’d love to take up a new hobby . . .if only I had time.’ Well, now you have no excuse. With no social life, no gym, no events — and for many, no work either — there are plenty of long hours that need filling. But if … Read more
Fraud squad arrest pharmacist, 46, and building surveyor, 39, for ‘illegally selling fake coronavirus testing kits’ Pharmacist, 46, of Croydon, arrested after police seize £20,000 from properties Surveyor, 39, from Uxbridge, was caught driving a car carrying 250 testing kits He told detectives in London that he was planning to sell the kits to builders … Read more
A Scottish newsagent is selling coronavirus test kits for £30 each – and claims he has already sold £750,000 worth to a pharmacy. Nadeem Anwar says the antibody test, which can tell if someone has already had the killer infection, he sells is 92 per cent accurate. He has already bought 100,000 kits from China … Read more
The Government’s target of 100,000 coronavirus tests per day could be hit by a single company which will make tests in the UK, the firm claims. Thermo Fisher Scientific, a company based in the US state of Massachusetts, said it has the capacity to supply all of the 700,000 tests per week. It will work … Read more
HALF of results from the 17.5m ‘game-changer’ coronavirus home testing kits ordered by the government could be unreliable, scientists checking them reveal Boris Johnson previously said new tests for antibodies could be ‘game-changers’ But experts have warned that they may fail to detect up to half of Covid-19 cases The latest figures show 47,806 confirmed … Read more
A cure for the test kit fiasco? A junior doctor is assembling £10 coronavirus testing kits on his kitchen table to help medics return to the NHS front line Dr Mike Gough has come up with the idea to help health staff in self-isolation He and his brother Chris have crowfunded to buy 1,000 testing … Read more
The Government today penned an open letter pleading for firms who can make PPE and coronavirus tests to come forward (pictured, one of the forms) The Government today penned an open letter pleading for firms who can make personal protective equipment (PPE) and coronavirus tests to come forward – despite firms who offered help weeks … Read more
Bethenny Frankel recently bid farewell to her fellow Real Housewives of New York, leaving the reality show back in August. But the born-and-bred New Yorker is keeping busy with her philanthropic efforts as she takes a step away from the spotlight. She appeared Wednesday on Good Morning America, where she revealed how she’s contributing to … Read more
Coronavirus antibody tests may finally be on the way to Britain as one manufacturer of the kits has restricted sales to just UK healthcare providers. Belfast-based Biopanda Reagents posted an alert on its website to say the ban on all international orders was ‘effective immediately’. Its kits, which work on just a finger-prick of blood, … Read more