Desperate hospital officials have been ‘screaming and shouting’ for coronavirus testing kits, The Mail on Sunday has been told. Andrew Broggio, the owner of Wiltshire-based Medical Wire and Equipment Co Ltd, said he has been ‘completely overwhelmed’ by demand and that he cannot ‘magic ten million kits out of thin air’. Like other diagnostics firms … Read more
Ministers’ pledges to test 100,000 people a day for coronavirus by the end of the month are probably impossible to fulfil, NHS scientists warned last night. Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s plan is in serious doubt because of a lack of vital testing equipment, including chemical reagents, test tubes and swabs. The Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS), … Read more
Pink reveals she and three-year-old son Jameson were diagnosed COVID-19… before SLAMMING US government for lack of tests: ‘This illness is serious and real’ By Justin Enriquez For Dailymail.com Published: 03:25 BST, 4 April 2020 | Updated: 03:33 BST, 4 April 2020 Pink has revealed that she and her three-year-old son Jameson have tested positive … Read more
Ministers’ pledges to test 100,000 people a day for coronavirus by the end of the month are probably impossible to fulfil, NHS scientists warned last night. Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s plan is in serious doubt because of a lack of vital testing equipment, including chemical reagents, test tubes and swabs. The Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS), … Read more
Matt Hancock was savaged this morning over his pledge to boost the UK’s coronavirus testing capacity to 100,000 by the end of the month after he admitted the government is yet to find a reliable antibody test which enable people to go back to work. The Health Secretary yesterday vowed to dramatically ramp up the … Read more
The vaunted iPhone 11 Pro has a ‘night mode’ – and where better to test it than in Arctic Murmansk during December, when the sun never rises? That was the thinking behind Radio Free Europe photographer Amos Chapple’s odyssey to the Russian city. And the results are mesmerising. Radio Free Europe photographer Amos Chapple visited … Read more
NASA tests giant 21-foot mirror on James Webb telescope for the first time in simulated zero-gravity as it tries to find a successor to the Hubble NASA tested the giant mirror attached to its nascent James Webb telescope It simulated the zero-gravity conditions it will encounter in space The craft, however, will still likely not … Read more
Matt Hancock’s five-point plan to increase coronavirus testing to 100,000 per day Heath secretary Matt Hancock today unveiled a five-point plan to boost the UK’s coronavirus testing tenfold in a matter of weeks. But he faces a series of obstacles as he orders an abrupt change of course to put the UK on a par … Read more
Andorra (population 77,000) orders 150,000 antibody tests from South Korea – enough to test the entire population twice The Pyrenees micro-state plans to screen the entire population within weeks Andorra’s health minister says the Korean-made tests are ‘absolutely reliable’ Antibody tests can detect who has developed immunity to the coronavirus By Tim Stickings For Mailonline … Read more
The UK has allegedly bought two million coronavirus antibody tests from a Chinese manufacturer – as Number 10 continues to evaluate kits made by British firms. Half of the rapid fingerprick kits are being made by Guangzhou-based firm Wondfo and will arrive in Britain by the end of the week, ITV reports. The other million, … Read more