Testing kits that are due to arrive in the UK were found to have been contaminated with coronavirus, according to reports.
The
Government claims there is currently a capacity to carry out 11,000
tests a day, while the aim is to carry out 25,000 tests per day by
mid-April.
Last week, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said 3.5
million antibody tests have been ordered, while Britain has been
sourcing kits from private companies to help meet demand.
But
according to the Daily Telegraph, it was discovered that key components
ordered from Eurofins, a company based in Luxembourg, had been
contaminated with Covid-19.
The report claims that Eurofins has
warned laboratories in the UK that a delivery of parts referred to as
‘probes and primers’ had been contaminated.
Eurofins said that the issue can be resolved by ‘proper cleaning’ but admitted the discovery would result in a delay.
A
spokesperson for Eurofins told the Telegraph: ‘In rare occasions,
delays in some orders may occur if based on Eurofins Genomics stringent
quality and environmental control procedures, manufacturing of a product
may not meet the quality or purity criteria set by Eurofins Genomics.
‘We
are aware that contaminations of the nature you mentioned have been
observed by several primers and probes manufacturers around the world
after they produced SARS-COV2 positive controls.
‘Those initial problems can be easily resolved by proper cleaning and production segregation procedures.’
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