Kiwi company eyeing covid-19 NHS rollout

Kiwi company eyeing covid-19 NHS rollout
Victoria Young
Auckland company Ubiquitome is weeks away from having its covid-19 testing device used on UK hospital staff through the National Health Service. The biotech firm’s device, Liberty 16, can conduct multiple tests from a throat swab and provide a result in 50 minutes. Current testing takes at least a day. Ubiquitome chairman Paul Pickering said it is named Liberty to signify freedom “from men in white coats” or centralised laboratory testing, and 16 because that's how many tests it can do at once. It is a lightweight handheld device...

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