Pirbright supports UK’s effort to ramp up diagnostic testing for COVID-19
The Pirbright Institute, which is home to several World Reference Laboratories for viral diseases of livestock, is using its equipment and expertise in diagnostics and disease surveillance to support COVID-19 testing in the UK. The Institute is helping in three key areas, all of which will enable the UK to be able to increase its capacity to test both patients and NHS staff and fulfil the Government’s pledge to deliver 100,000 COVID-19 diagnostic tests by the end of this month (April).