UK government to sell coronavirus testing kits on Amazon 'within days'

Direct-to-consumer sales could be a total game-changer during this pandemic.

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The UK government may start selling coronavirus testing kits on Amazon within days.
That's according to Professor Sharon Peacock, director of the National Infection Service at Public Health England.
It could tell users whether they'd had the disease, allowing them to return to work.


The UK government may start selling coronavirus testing kits on Amazon "within days".

According to Sky News:


Millions of new coronavirus testing kits could be ready to order on Amazon in days, rather than weeks or months, according to Public Health England.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has previously spoken of a simple test for coronavirus as a potential "total game-changer" in the battle against COVID-19.

Professor Sharon Peacock, director of the National Infection Service at Public Health England, revealed on Wednesday that millions of such a test have been ordered and could be used "in...