PCR Testing
Total 7 Posts
4 out of 5 adults are not testing for COVID regularly in the UK.
2 min read
New survey shows that most UK adults are not taking up the government’s offer to test regularly for COVID-19.
Pilgrimage in a pandemic: Lessons from Mecca on containing COVID-19.
6 min read
Entertainment, sports and tourism industries can learn valuable lessons from how Saudi Arabia managed the annual pilgrimage during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mass testing shouldn’t be part of the UK’s plan to return to normality.
5 min read
Is more testing really the best way to achieve our aim of living safely with COVID-19? We need to recognise that our overall goal is more complex than just trying to drive down the number of coronavirus positive test results.
Coronavirus: Here’s what happens when we test lots of people as cases are falling.
6 min read
As the epidemic is increasingly under control, more healthy than infected people will be told to self-isolate or quarantine.
No, you cannot pierce your brain with a swab test.
3 min read
The COVID-19 swab test may be uncomfortable, but it is perfectly safe.
Boris Johnson’s ‘moonshot’ mass testing plan is not the way out of the coronavirus pandemic.
5 min read
The prime minister big new plan is a flawed policy in search of the science to back it up.
Coronavirus: Are cases in the UK rising?
5 min read
Answering this is not as straightforward as you might think. But a careful analysis of the data suggests the news is not great.