Madrid university faculties join fight against Covid-19

A team of veterinarian researchers is leading a volunteer effort at the Complutense University of Madrid to analyse coronavirus tests after putting its facilities at the service of the Spanish Health Ministry. Nurses from the university's health care unit took nasal swabs and the research relies on the veterinary school's facilities which are equipped to safely handle the incoming tests and virus in the samples. The team has around 30 researches, of which around a third are from the university's veterinary department.