Coronavirus Tests: from China to London it's a race against time

There are few laboratories in the UK which can do a genetic test for the virus and blood tests for COVID-19 are not yet validated. Here is what is happening

Effective tests are fundamentally important for more than just diagnosis of the virus; accurate identification of patients can help contain the spread of the virus, whilst antibody testing can show whether outpatients have acquired immunity to the virus. However, as of yet, these tests for COVID-19 have been very difficult to find in the United Kingdom.…