The amazing part of this article is where it states that contracts worth $1bn have been awarded, and what we learned earlier that of the three tests that passed the Oxford University assessment, the UK government has bought one of them, Tried and Tested.
According to documents reviewed by the Financial Times, the Department of Health has awarded contracts worth at least £1bn to companies providing rapid testing.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/02...by-johnson
Three of these rapid antigen tests, called lateral flow tests, have passed an assessment by Porton Down with Oxford University. The government has bought one of them. The health secretary, Matt Hancock, announced the government had signed a deal for 20 million, from the company Innova Tried and Tested, on 19 October.
According to documents reviewed by the Financial Times, the Department of Health has awarded contracts worth at least £1bn to companies providing rapid testing.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/02...by-johnson
Three of these rapid antigen tests, called lateral flow tests, have passed an assessment by Porton Down with Oxford University. The government has bought one of them. The health secretary, Matt Hancock, announced the government had signed a deal for 20 million, from the company Innova Tried and Tested, on 19 October.
