As the Covid-19 pandemic swept towards the UK, a senior employee of the healthcare firm Randox addressed an audience of horse racing royalty, gathered amid the neoclassical splendour of St George’s Hall in Liverpool,
Randox, which had garnered a role within the “sport of kings” via its sponsorship of the Grand National, had developed a test for Covid-19, he told them.
According to one observer, coronavirus seemed an unusual theme for the “weights lunch”, an annual event to celebrate the announcement of weight handicaps for the race.
It was February 2020, and, with the pandemic yet to let rip in the UK, coronavirus was not yet a pressing concern for many of the guests.
Within a year, Britain’s pandemic response – and Randox’s role in it – would
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