Health
15 minutes to diagnosis: the quick COVID test that could ‘change the game’ – The Age
A Melbourne doctor is in talks with the state government about rolling out nasal swab tests that can identify the coronavirus within 15 minutes.
But Melbournes Doherty Institute which is studying the performance of a range of rapid tests for the state government cautioned on Wednesday against “hype”, saying the effectiveness of the antigen testing had not been proven in the Australian context.
“They may well have a role to play, but the work is still ongoing,” professor of microbiology Deborah Williamson said. “We dont have any preliminary findings of studies yet.”
Dr Walsh has a personal stake in seeing the test distributed in aged ca…
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