Game-changing £5 Covid saliva test which gives result in 15mins could be ready by Christmas
A GAME-changing £5 Covid saliva test which gives results in 15 minutes is odds-on to be available before Christmas, it was claimed last night.
Students at De Montford and Durham universities are already using them, as well as children at three schools in the South. Scientists have given the kits to untrained teens to check ease of use — with a valid result successfully obtained in minutes. Chief Secretary to the Treasury Stephen Barclay also hoped families could spend it together even if things are not exactly the same.
Officials are also ramping up centralised testing capacity, with another Lighthouse Lab to open in Plymouth. Ministers pledge to hit 500,000 daily swabs by the end of the month. Current capacity has reached 380,000 — with a record 340,132 tests processed yesterday.
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