Health
Oxford experts develop five-minute Covid-19 test – Hindustan Times
The scientists hope to start product development in early 2021, and have an approved device available within six months of that time.
Scientists from the University of Oxford have developed what is described as “an extremely rapid diagnostic test” for that detects and identifies viruses in less than five minutes, which could potentially aid testing at airports and help revive the airline, tourism and other sectors.
The method, published on the preprint server MedRxiv, is able to differentiate with high accuracy SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for Covid-19, from negative clinical samples, as well as from other common respira…
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