Rapid Coronavirus Test Developed In Singapore

Rapid coronavirus test developed in Singapore

As reported by TASS with reference to the Strait Times, it gives results within five minutes. "We expect a license for mass use of the Cepat test will be obtained within a month," - said the head of the laboratory of the developer - Agency of Science - Professor Jackie Ying.

.com / According to the Strait Times, it gives results in five minutes

"We expect a license for mass use of the Cepat test will be obtained within a month," - said the head of the laboratory of the developer - Agency of Science - Professor Jackie Ying. According to her, "clinical trials have already been fully completed in one of the state hospitals of the country, which have shown high accuracy of research." "Once permission is obtained to use them, the tests will go not only to regular hospitals, but to almost all polyclinics," Ying said.

The specialist noted that at present, most of the sampling uses the PCR method, which is associated with a change in temperature, which takes about 3 hours. The new method allows copying DNA sections without temperature exposure.

As noted in the Ministry of Health of Singapore, from the end of January to March 20, about 38 thousand tests for coronavirus were carried out in the country, about 25 thousand people were examined. Local laboratories currently can process up to two thousand such tests per day. The number of people infected with coronavirus in the republic is 558; over the entire time, more than 150 patients have recovered, while two have died.