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Covid-19 tests are being developed and improved on every day
efficacy of this test. It includes an automated As existing and new tests continue to be
pre-programmable temperature control unit, improved and developed, we can be assured
a special detection unit on genomic analysis, that diagnosing COVID will get quicker and
and a customised smartphone app to produce easier. Stay safe and stay strong.
results. It can deliver results within an hour.
It has shown 94 per cent sensitivity and 96
per cent specificity. The machine is portable
and has a capacity to test between 3 and 10
samples in one go. It uses a paper strip to
detect virus from the nasal swab samples.
Apart from new methods being released
to the public there have also been
improvements on already existing tests such
as the RT-PCR test. Reliance Life Sciences has
developed a new RT-PCR kit that promises
results within 2 hours. It is named R-Green
Kit and has shown a 98.7% sensitivity and
98.8% specificity. Normal life has begun to resume, but take precautions

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