LONDON: A weekly coronavirus testing regime using a 'no-swab' saliva test is being trialled in Southampton, southern England, and could result in ...
An NHS worker reacts at the Aintree University Hospital before the Clap for our Carers campaign in support of the NHS, as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues, in Liverpool, Britain, Apr 23, 2020. LONDON: A weekly coronavirus testing regime using a"no-swab" saliva test is being trialled in Southampton, southern England, and could result in a simpler and quicker way to detect outbreaks of the virus, the British government said on Monday .
More than 14,000 doctors and health workers, other essential workers and university staff and their households will participate in the trial, which uses an Optigene test, the government said.
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