MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: EKF can help coronavirus fight

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<p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Ensuring that tests are safe, fast and accurate is core in the fight against Covid-19.
But the UK is falling short. EKF Diagnostics, a medical devices firm based just outside Cardiff, could almost certainly help. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>More than a decade ago, the group devised a way of transporting swabs for highly infectious diseases in a way that killed the virus while keeping the molecular markers alive. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Created in preparation for a worldwide pandemic, the equipment has been used for years to test for diseases such as TB and HIV, with manufacturing centred in America. </p><div class=”artSplitter mol-img-group” style=”style”> <div class=”mol-img”> <div class=”image-wrap”> </div> <noscript> </noscript> </div> <p class=”imageCaption”>Planning ahead: EKF Diagnostics has benefited from its swift response to the pandemic but the company has long-term potential too</p></div><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>In March, chief executive Julian Baines saw a need for his kit closer to home.

The Cardiff offices, 자동차보험추천 largely used for administration, were turned into laboratories, new staff were brought in and the company swiftly began to make its devices for the UK. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Most Covid-19 tests done in the UK today have to be transported in refrigerated containers to laboratories that are specialise in handling highly infectious viruses. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Using EKF equipment, however, swabs do not need to be kept cold, can be kept for months and, because they are not infectious, they can be tested in most laboratories around the country. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Companies, schools and universities have adopted EKF’s technology, turnover has soared and the group is moving to a new site to increase capacity. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Take-up has also been widespread overseas, especially in the US, where customers include the Department of Homeland Security and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. </p><div><div data-track-module=”am-related_carousel^related_carousel” data-track-selector=”.rotator-panels a:not([class*=external])” data-dm-rotator-rotate=”false” data-track-pos=”static” data-dm-rotator-auto-init=”” id=”p-18″ class=”related-carousel with-fb-or-tw money” data-dm-rotator-active-class=”active” data-dm-rotator-page-count=”1.0″ data-dm-social-article-auto-init=”” data-dm-rotator-page-size=”1″> <div class=”rotator bdrcc”> <div class=”rotator-title”> <h2>RELATED ARTICLES</h2> <ul class=”rotator-pages link-xocc”> <li class=”rotator-prev”>Previous

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