Coronavirus: Testing 10% of the population every week in the UK is the order of the day

It turns out that the National Health System (NHS) in England is preparing a new plan that can test 10% of the population every week.

The NHS has written a letter to local health authorities, announcing that 30-minute saliva tests will be put in place “to open a new and important front in the fight against coronavirus”.

According to the letter received by the Guardian, local health officials will be able to deliver rapid test kits to 10% of the population they are responsible for weekly.

Implementation of the new plan will mean 5 million tests per week across the country. Currently, around 300,000 PCR tests are performed every day.

On the other hand, local health authorities fear that this plan may present shortcomings in terms of delivery and implementation. The cost of contact monitoring and testing also raises questions.

Last week, Health Minister Matt Hancock announced in his speech in parliament that the government bought millions of saliva tests from the company called Innova.

The new test plan will be implemented with priority in cities where tier three measures are in place, such as Liverpool and Manchester.

National Health System official Alex Cooper noted that the main goal is to make this method available nationwide “as quickly as possible.”

A comprehensive study conducted in the UK revealed that around 100,000 people are affected by the coronavirus every day in the country.

According to research conducted by Imperial College London, the spread rate of the epidemic is increasing and the number of infected doubles every 9 days.

According to the researchers, “a critical phase has been reached” and “something must change” in the fight against the coronavirus.

Experts warn that the infection rate in Britain is rapidly approaching its peak in the spring.

The research called The React-1 is the most recent study in the UK to date on the coronavirus and the disease it causes.

86,000 volunteers participated in the research completed on Sunday.

Research has shown coronavirus cases are on the rise in all regions of the UK and across all age groups.

While the number of coronavirus cases in the UK is even higher in the north of the country, according to the research, the increase in the number of cases is faster in the south of the country.

Professor Steven Riley from the research team said the data obtained disappointed him. “The current measures aren’t enough,” Riley said.

Once again, the research team’s Professor Paul Elliott said: ‘We are in a critical period of the second wave.’ Elliott said the increase in the number of cases will result in more people being treated in hospitals and more deaths.

The number of coronavirus cases in the country has exceeded 345 thousand and death has exceeded 45 thousand.

Finally, in Europe, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that restrictive measures at the national level will be implemented for the second time, at least for the whole of November, starting on Friday.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has also announced to the public the measures that will be in force at national level, starting from Monday, again throughout November.

In England, the government has implemented a plan that divides the country into medium, high and very high alarm zones based on the spread of the disease and the magnitude of the threat posed by the epidemic and provides for separate measures for each region.