One of the biggest private Covid-19 testing sites in the UK set to open
Bosses say they want to help staff return to offices safely and reassure travellers heading to families ahead of the Christmas break (Image: Ben Birchall/PA Wire)
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New biotech rapid-testing facility to help London return to normality
A biotech company, Biogroup is launching a new rapid-testing facility in London, which will boost testing capacity in the capital by 100,000 tests a week.
Biogroup UK is setting-up an RT-PCR (RealTime Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction) test service, initially via two pop-up testing centres in Marylebone and Notting Hill to detect the presence of the virus.
The swabs will then be sent to a MegaLab in Shepherds Bush, that will process results within 24-hours.
The biotech firm boasts an impressive efficiency record on its testing services, identifying 99 per cent of infections within this 24-hour period.
By Press Association 2021
Biogroup is launching a new mass private testing facility to process 100,000 tests a week in London
One of the biggest private Covid-19 testing sites in the UK is set to open on Wednesday with customers able to get their results within 24 hours.
French firm Biogroup will open two pop-up sites in Marylebone and Notting Hill in London and a megalab able to run 15,000 tests a day or 100,000 every week.
Bosses say they want to help staff return to offices safely and reassure travellers heading to families ahead of the Christmas break, when rules will be relaxed.
The company believes it can eventually offer a 20-minute turnaround service by the new year, with the testing potentially rolled out to airports and travel hubs.