The University of Salford are supporting the fight against Coronavirus by donating a specialist machine that will help the government run tens of thousands more COVID-19 tests.
The machine can detect as little as one virus particle in swabs taken from inside the mouth or nose of a patient. Known as the Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction equipment (RT-CPR), it is normally used by University researchers studying inflammatory and fibrotic diseases.
It was handed over to armed forces personnel last week to be delivered to the company the government has tasked with upping the number of COVID-19 tests.
On a local level, the university has also delivered thousands of PPE to Salford Royal hospital and are currently developing a state of the art
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