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Direct, Cost-Effective COVID-19 Tests Identify UK/South African SARS-CoV-2 Variant and Reduces Test Time from Days to Hours – HospiMedica
Scientists have developed direct rapid cost-effective COVID-19 tests that successfully identify the UK or South African variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Scientists have developed direct rapid cost-effective COVID-19 tests that successfully identify the UK or South African variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.The tests developed by scientists at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Be’er Sheva, Israel) reduce the time needed to determine whether an infection is caused by a variant from days to hours. Comparatively, current tests for the UK and South African coronavirus variants are either expensive, time-consuming, or indirect. The current standard…
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