New testing devices that can diagnose Covid-19 in less than 90 minutes are being deployed at a hospital in Cambridge. The portable machines, called Samba II, have been developed by a University of Cambridge spin-off company called Diagnostics for the Real World, and 10 are being used at Addenbrooke's Hospital this week.
The researchers said their tests have been validated by Public Health England and the devices are expected to be launched in hospitals across the country.
They said the Samba machine is "extremely sensitive" when it comes to detecting active infections, adding that 98.7% of people with the disease will be correctly identified as positive cases.