Covid-19-testing efforts in the UK have been hampered by test kits that were found to be contaminated by the coronavirus. The kits were set to be delivered within the week to help Great Britain and territories get a handle on the pandemic spread of the virus. The company which produced the kits, Eurofins, acquired a lab that was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
FLASH: Coronavirus test kits that were headed to the UK found to already contain Coronavirus.
— #OurFavOnlineDoc ?????? (@DrOlufunmilayo) April 1, 2020
Think of not having the virus before,
And you now get it just because you went for the test.
This is sad.https://t.co/lX4aaPneQF
The Evening Standard reports:
Testing kits which were headed to the UK have been found to be contaminated with coronavirus.
Coronavirus test kits purchased from EU member state Luxembourg by the NHS found to be contaminated with Covid19 virus.
— Paul_Henri_Cadier (@PaulHenriCadier) March 31, 2020
Is this an act of war?
Sabotage?
Palming off useless stock on foreigners?
Profiteering?
You choose!
The Government has said that it aims to boost the rate of tests to 25,000 every day by the end of April at the latest and has asked private companies to help drive up test production.
But one production firm, Luxembourg-based manufacturer Eurofins, told UK labs on Monday that deliveries would be delayed as core parts had been contaminated with coronavirus, the Telegraph reported.
This shouldn’t significantly affect the UK’s testing efforts, Government sources told the paper.
The news comes after days of confusion over how much testing the UK is doing.
What guarantee do I have that the test kit they want to use to test me for COVID-19 is not already contaminated with it? Am I just going by faith that they'll do right by me? Considering how corrupt I've been repeatedly told the government is…I don't know
— Sizwe sikaMusi (@SizweLo) April 1, 2020
Cabinet minister Michael Gove said on Sunday that the UK had met its target for this stage of the coronavirus response with 10,000 tests done that day.
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