The United Kingdom Government is targetting 100,000 coronavirus tests per day--it will be done by a single company.
The United States firm Thermo Fisher Scientific (based in Massachusetts) is confident that it can produce 100,000 testing kits to the country because it has the capacity to supply 700,000 tests per week. To achieve the goal, the firm will work 24/7 along with authorities in the U.K.
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As of now, the country only tested hospital patients and frontline NHS staff for the virus, Daily Mail reported.
Last week, Health Secretary Matt Hancock pledged to ensure 100,000 tests were being carried out in the U.K. every day by the end of April. On Tuesday, Apr. 7, about 15,000 tests done on a total of 12,959 people---5,492 of them tested positive.
The Government has started enlisting scientists in universities and private research institutes around the country to help in doing tests for the illness. The University of Cambridge and the Francis Crick Institute in London are among the high profile facilities that will help test NHS staff. Meanwhile, other laboratories have been described "described as the 'small ships of Dunkirk"--however, these labs are still vital in stopping the spread of coronavirus.
Some NHS bosses find testing targets are unrealistic, describing it as "jam tomorrow." A London Laboratory, Director of the Francis Crick Institute, has started testing NHS staff. According to a source, it would be 'a stretch' to hit 100,000 per day.
