Cheaper, faster covid tests to help ease travel17 Aug 2021 14:31
Writes the BBC...
Researchers at the University of Birmingham say they have developed a Covid test that is as sensitive as PCR screening but can give results in just a few minutes without the need for a laboratory.
They hope it will be a potential solution for testing at airports - amid concerns about rising prices and poor service by private testing firms.
The test - called RTF-EXPAR - uses the exponential amplification reaction (EXPAR) method to detect results in less than 10 minutes, even for low levels of virus, the researchers said.
At low levels of virus, results were detected in around 8.75 minutes, while at high concentrations the detection time was just 3.08 minutes.
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