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How far we’ve come<\/h3>\n

We were very proud on Sunday to be featured in this <\/span>article<\/span><\/a> in the Guardian about democratising the access to COVID-19 testing. Today we celebrate our 2 month anniversary, and we want to voice some appreciation for our wonderful network of volunteers and partners who have enabled us to come this far. Our resilience in the face of COVID-19 has been driven by the strength of our community, and our ability to unite around a common goal. Testing For All is a testament to this, the product of months of cooperation amongst individuals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Most of us had never worked with each other before we started on this journey, yet we were all brought together by a common belief that testing is the only way out of this crisis and considered that, as such, it should be made accessible and affordable to all those who need it.\u00a0 Our team and partners have all contributed in various ways to make this a reality, creating the first UK not-for-profit with the aim of expanding the government\u2019s testing capacity directly to consumers and employers\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Over the past two months, our network has enabled a successful trial amongst GPs and healthcare workers, where we could give them access to high quality CE certified antibody tests to find out whether or not they had been exposed to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Community and Cooperation<\/h3>\n

Three key pillars of cooperation supported the successful delivery of this trial:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n