A specialist laboratory in Newport which will help boost the UK’s Covid-19 testing capacity has officially opened. WalesOnline reports the lighthouse lab, based at Imperial Park, aims to process twenty thousand tests per day by the end of this month. The facility began processing its first samples on October 5th and has created two hundred … Continue reading Wales’ first Lighthouse Lab is now open

A new Covid-19 lab testing facility is being set up in Newport in an investment creating two hundred jobs. WalesOnline reports the UK Government’s Lighthouse Lab, at Imperial Park, is a partnership with global diagnostics company PerkinElmer. The project is being supported by the Welsh Government and Life Sciences Hub Wales. Led by the Department … Continue reading New coronavirus testing lab creating 200 jobs in Newport