{"id":122312,"date":"2020-11-27T22:23:06","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T19:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/rapid-covid-19-tests-provide-lifeline-for-london-orchestra\/"},"modified":"2020-11-27T22:23:06","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T19:23:06","slug":"rapid-covid-19-tests-provide-lifeline-for-london-orchestra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rapid-covid-19-tests-provide-lifeline-for-london-orchestra\/","title":{"rendered":"#Rapid COVID-19 tests provide lifeline for London orchestra"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Rapid COVID-19 tests provide lifeline for London orchestra<\/strong>”
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\n LONDON \u2013 Maxine Kwok, a violinist in London\u2019s oldest symphony orchestra, is delighted that rehearsals have resumed thanks to a rapid, lab-free COVID-19 test that gives the musicians the confidence to work together again.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was so difficult not to play for months,\u201d Kwok, a member of the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO), said after being tested. \u201cBut the moment that we were able to have this kind of testing at this regularity, meaning we could just come back to work and feel comfortable and safe, really made a huge difference for us,\u201d Kwok told Reuters.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was so thrilled. I can\u2019t describe it really,\u201d she added ahead of a rehearsal attended by around 40 musicians, all masked and still observing social<\/a> distancing rules.<\/p>\n

Once a month, the musicians provide a phlegm sample by spitting into a small pot which is tested in groups, called bubbles, by Imperial College London spin-off DNANudge with their cartridge-based technology<\/a> that gives a result in just over an hour.\u201dThe bubble test is really relevant when you\u2019ve got organisations that work together and they need to get back to work,\u201d said Professor Chris Toumazou, chief executive of DNANudge, outside the LSO rehearsal studio in east London.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFor example the London Symphony Orchestra, key to the arts industry, they need to rehearse together. Just having one bubble test or a couple of bubble tests for the entire orchestra means they can be tested on the day of rehearsals,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Testing more than one phlegm sample at a time significantly increases testing capacity, maximizing the number of people who can be tested over a given period while using fewer testing resources.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026 to know that you start every four weeks with a clean group, everyone negative, is a huge confidence to everyone in the organisation,\u201d said Kathryn McDowell, the LSO\u2019s Managing Director, adding that other \u201cmitigating measures\u201d such as masks and social distancing also remained important.<\/p>\n

DNANudge is providing Britain\u2019s National Health Service with nearly six million rapid COVID-19 test kits at a not-for-profit cost price but it\u2019s also making them available to people without symptoms seeking reassurance on whether they could be infectious, including key workers and travel<\/a>lers.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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