(Source: University of Birmingham)
As part of the drive to expand COVID-19 testing capacity across the UK, The University of Birmingham has been announced today as one of the first academic sector lab partnerships to come online.
The lab, based at the University of Birmingham’s Medical School, will form part of NHS Test and Trace, joining Britain’s largest network of diagnostic testing facilities increasing coronavirus testing capacity.
The new facilities will help to increase sample processing capacity, with the number of tests that can be processed gradually increasing over the coming months. The Birmingham lab will be the first of the new facilities to open, delivering over 3,000 tests per day over the coming months.
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