In order to test on such a wide scale, we will need many millions of rapid tests a week. Several companies are looking to ramp up production of their test kits, Novacyt SA is on the short list for further deliveries of their rapid test kits as they have already provided the UK Government with a million test recently.
All essential workers in England - and members of their household - are now eligible for coronavirus tests, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said.
The big unknown here is how deadly and contagious coronavirus is. No one really knows, but medical experts at Johns Hopkins are downplaying the threat from 2019-nCoV, the name for the type of coronavirus grabbing headlines.
“The immediate health risk from 2019-nCoV to the general public in the United States is thought to be low at this time,” according to Doctors at Johns ...