Scientists have established a new SARS-CoV-2 test that operates in 45 minutes and just needs simple equipment, according to a preprint variation of the research.
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The researchers, from the University of Colorado Boulder, report their development in a preprint article that has yet to be peer evaluated.
While scientists are working to establish vaccines for SARS-CoV-2 and treatments for the disease that it triggers, COVID-19, they are also attempting to establish more effective testing treatments.
Until an efficient vaccine and treatment protocol are developed, emergency situation procedures will likely continue, in order to counter returning waves of the pandemic. In addition to social distancing and excellent hygiene, extensive screening can assist limit the spread of the virus.
Preprint research has actually recommended that as much as 70% of individuals with SARS-CoV-2 who are younger than 60 might be asymptomatic. Testing as lots of people in a neighborhood as possible can identify asymptomatic people, who can then self-isolate to curb the virus’ spread.
When it comes to testing, time is of the essence. Findings of a different preprint research study suggest that the speed of results is crucial: The longer a person does not know that they have the virus, the longer they can contaminate other people.
In the United States, the existing turnaround time for outcomes is slow. According to the researchers behind the present research study:
” Numerous SARS-CoV-2 tests require that biospecimens be collected, transported to centralized laboratories, logged, queued, processed, examined, and after that [the] results [are] interacted back to the agency that sent out the sample for screening and finally provided to the person who had the test.”
Now, however, the University of Colorado Boulder group has developed a SARS-CoV-2 test that can produce a result in 45 minutes.
Moreover, it needs no costly, complicated equipment, implying that it might be deployed extensively in communities, not only in