THOUSANDS of frontline NHS workers have started being tested for coronavirus at a new game-changing drive-through facility set up at a theme park. The crucial operation started at Chessington World…
But the aim is to get that figure as high as 25,000 by the middle of next month.had promised that frontline doctors and nurses would be able in due course to be tested to find out whether they have been infected and were safe to go back to work.
Chris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers, said it was vital widespread testing of NHS staff was started quickly. He said: “Having access to testing would allow those who can return to get back to work more quickly. “But the immediate focus is on who has Covid-19 now and the reality is that despite the push to expand testing, it’s not going to be sufficient to cover patients and the NHS’s 1.2million staff.”A swab from the patient’s throat or nose is inserted into a prepared cartridge, then fed into a console.Bosch’s Dr Jochen Rupp said: “The doctor gets the result direct and can react directly and quickly.
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