Based on a foundation of historical and recent expertise gained from the fight against COVID-19, InDeEp aims to bring together different complementary scientific disciplines within ULiège.

A look back at the health measures taken by the French government following the spread of this disease, which is not transmissible to humans but severely affects cattle farms.

The King visited the Covid laboratory of the ULiège on Tuesday 10 November, which, with 450,000 analyses to date, is the one that has carried out the largest number of tests in Belgium.

ULiège is preparing the evolution of automated PCR testing by mid-September in order to considerably increase the testing capacity of the population.

Facing the shortage of reagents needed for coronavirus detection tests, scientists at the University of Liège (GIGA, FARAH, GREENMAT) have developed a technique allowing more than 2,000 tests to be carried out per day.

The first results obtained with Walloon companies and research centers are positive, and allow as of now, the implementation of techniques for reconditioning the masks of medical staffs in hospitals, emergency, and healthcare infrastructures.

The test can detect carriers of the virus, whether they are sick or asymptomatic carriers. It is an automated test, less dependent on reagents at risk of shortage and requiring a reduced number of operators.

Mobilization is general at ULiège to better understand the disease, to amplify testing capacities and to support the medical teams on the front line in hospitals.