UK’s testing farce: Drive-thru centres are only swabbing ‘four people a day’

UK’s testing farce: One drive-thru centre is only swabbing ‘four people a day’ as ministers bring in the Army and Amazon to ramp up capacity – but are still only a FIFTH of the way to meeting 100,000 a day target with just six days to go By Stephen Matthews Health Editor For Mailonline Published: … Read more

UK’s testing farce: Drive-thru centres are only swabbing ‘four people a day’

UK’s testing farce: Drive-thru centres are only swabbing ‘four people a day’ as ministers bring in the Army and Amazon to ramp up capacity – but are still only a FIFTH of the way to meeting 100,000 a day target with just six days to go By Stephen Matthews Health Editor For Mailonline Published: 12:22 … Read more

Walgreens and CVS to open 17 drive-thru coronavirus testing sites

Walgreens Boots Alliance and CVS Health Corp will be opening drive-thru coronavirus testing sites offering the new diagnostic that can provide a positive result in just five minutes. Both drugstore chains will be using the test developed by Illinois-based Abbott Laboratories, which has been praised by President Donald Trump.  CVS said it was launching two … Read more

Self-driving vans are ferrying coronavirus tests from drive-thru sites to a Mayo Clinic campus

Self-driving vans are ferrying coronavirus tests from drive-thru locations in Florida to the Mayo Clinic campus in order to minimize exposure and free up healthcare workers The Mayo Clinic in Florida is using self-driving vans during  the coronavirus The vehicles are transporting tests from sites to the Jacksonville laboratory Vans travel along roads that have been … Read more

How can Americans get tested for coronavirus? Drive-thru and at-home tests sprout up

A shortage of test kits for coronavirus has triggered fury and frustration among Americans as the infection has spread with alarming speed through the US.  Now, new tests and types of tests are being produced and quickly rushed into use by local public health labs, universities, and private companies in the wake of the Trump … Read more