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Second 'mega lab' for testing coronavirus samples opens
The second Lighthouse Lab, which tests patient samples for coronavirus, is now operational.
Alderley Park in Cheshire is the second site to become fully operational, after the first Lighthouse Lab in Milton Keynes opened last week. The final site will open in Glasgow next week, completing the largest network of diagnostic testing facilities in British history.
Lighthouse Labs in Milton Keynes, Alderley Park and Glasgow have increased their staff with teams of highly qualified volunteers from industry and academia, supporting them to rapidly set up facilities with huge capacity to test patient samples.
New drive-through testing sites are being opened to fill the testing capacity the Lighthouse Labs can now provide, with 20 new sites now taking patient samples across the country.
The new Lighthouse Labs have been created through a partnership with the Department of Health and Social Care and Medicines Discovery Catapult with UK Biocentre and the University of Glasgow.
They are being closely supported by both NHS and Public Health England. The Alderley Park facility is hosted by the Medicines Discovery Catapult, working closely with AstraZeneca.
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