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Rapid Covid Testing Facility For Events Introduced In UK
https://www.swallowevents.com/covid19-testing-and-compliance – UK live entertainment solutions company Swallow Events says it
UK live entertainment solutions company Swallow Events says it’s come up with the first “full rapid testing screening service facility to detect COVID-19,” which it offers “to event organisers throughout the UK and the rest of the world.”
Through an exclusive partnership with Swiss multinational healthcare company Roche, Swallow Events states it is “able to offer MHRA and CE approved rapid 15 minute (99.68% specificity) turn-around pop-up testing facilities conducted by government approved healthcare professionals on any size and scale, therefore enabling large scale gatherings to be held in a Covid secure environment.
Pollstar wanted to know what the test would look like, and from where the swab would be taken, and was told it would be nasopharyngeal, meaning taken through the nose from the upper part of the throat.
Aside from pop-up facilities, Swallow Events also offers a supply only option and shipping worldwide.
Swallow also offers consultation to promoters looking for information and advice on enabling events in all sectors to open safely and in compliance with government orders.
The company emphasizes, “Our consultancy service is in line with UK government guidelines (…) and also in conjunction with any local authority restrictions and necessary health and safety precautions.”
Said Oli Thomas, founder and managing director of Swallow Events:
“The events industry has been forgotten and devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Although a common misconception, events have actually been allowed to take place in the UK in 2020. The guidelines regarding them, however, are unclear, with the ultimate decision often based on a single person’s opinion at local authority level.
“There are instances of events receiving approval and licenses granted, only for them then to be revoked at the last minute, which only serves to further fuel financial problems and job losses to the industry.”
This, of course, is a problem not unique to the UK.
“Our rapid testing kits – a market leader (which meets MHRA target product profile with sensitivity: 96,52% & specificity: 99,68%) used in conjunction with track and trace data-collection and other Covid secure protocols such as touch point and temperature checks will help event organizers in all sectors from large scale festivals, concerts, stadia, business conferences and trade shows through to agricultural shows and small boutique festivals,” Thomas continued.
He believes that the testing kits will kick start “a £39.1 billion contributing sector to the UK’s economy whilst helping to protect over 570,000 full-time jobs which are rapidly disappearing.”
Swallow Event’s pricing structure, excluding shipping and VAT:
https://www.swallowevents.com/covid19-testing-and-compliance – Swallow Events’ pricing structure.