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UK in talks with Amazon and others to deliver coronavirus tests

The UK government has approached Amazon and other companies about using their services to increase urgently the delivery of coronavirus tests to frontline health and social care workers. In a move that would have been unthinkable in Britain’s largely publicly funded health sector before the Covid-19 crisis, the government is in talks with companies about boosting the availability of tests for healthcare staff, according to two public health officials. Businesses with established delivery infrastructure would initially help deliver tests to medical and social care workers, and then the general public. Read More...

The UK government has approached Amazon and other companies about using their services to increase urgently the delivery of coronavirus tests to frontline health and social care workers. In a move that would have been unthinkable in Britain’s largely publicly funded health sector before the Covid-19 crisis, the government is in talks with companies about boosting the availability of tests for healthcare staff, according to two public health officials. Businesses with established delivery infrastructure would initially help deliver tests to medical and social care workers, and then the general public.

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