Will Amazon deliver Covid-19 tests in the UK?
According to the Telegraph newspaper, the test and tracking system for the UK's Covid-19 will be outsourced to Amazon.
The UK Covid-19 test and tracking system will be outsourced to Amazon. This was revealed by The Telegraph claiming that next month a tender will be launched for the management of the entire supply chain "end-to-end", which involves the assignment to a logistics company.
THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS DELIVERY EXPERTS
According to a source in the Telegraph , the government would like to employ "experts in delivery services" and this would be necessary to help the NHS, besieged by demands, to cope with the growing demand for tests. "At the moment, the management of the Test and Trace by the NHS (The National Health Service, ed ) has been internal, but, as we approach winter, we need experts in this sector to carry it forward".
500 THOUSAND DELIVERIES A DAY OF COVID-19 TESTS
Sources in the British newspaper said logistics giants like DHL and Amazon are likely to be in the running for the hugely lucrative contract as part of efforts to deliver 500,000 tests per day.
THE NOTICE OF THE HEALTH SERVICE
The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has issued an information notice inviting potential bidders to register interest in the contract to manage and coordinate the end-to-end supply chain. 'In order to significantly increase the number of daily tests and make operations more efficient, we are looking for an end-to-end management of all associated logistics and supply chain processes along the chain' ", reads the daily.
ONE IN THREE PERSONS HAVE NO RESULTS WITHIN 24 HOURS
The new data shows that only one in three people who showed up for a coronavirus test in England are getting the result within 24 hours – half the levels reached the previous week. Diana Mary Harding, head of UK Test and Trace, sparked disbelief when she told MEPs that no one expected to see "such a dramatic increase in demand" for testing in recent weeks, despite the return of school and work.
THE DEMAND EXCEEDS THE OFFER THREE-FOUR TIMES
Harding admitted that none of the government's emergency science advisory group (Sage) forecasting models have prepared the system for current demand, which is outpacing supply three or four times. "Demand is significantly outpacing the capacity we have" to conduct coronavirus tests. But I "firmly refuse to say the system is failing".
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/sara-amazon-a-consegnare-i-test-per-il-covid-19-nel-regno-unito/ on Fri, 18 Sep 2020 15:35:12 +0000.