Reliable COVID-19 test could reduce virus spread.

[2greys]

A professor at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) has developed a robust, reliable assay, or test, for COVID-19 which returns results in less than 20 minutes.

Stephen Bustin, Professor of Molecular Medicine at ARU and a leading expert in quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR), which is widely used to detect infectious SARS-CoV-2 in cells, has developed the assay, called Cov2-ID, with colleagues at Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford.

The test detects three viral targets, making it more reliable than other tests that look at just one, and was 100% accurate in almost 30 patient samples taken. The test also has the potential to detect viral load, which is the amount of the virus present in each patient.

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[Jaybird19]

That is interesting , and also follow the survey on mental health too .Initial part completed in March before we were told to isolate . Quick work on part of that lecturer.

[sassy59]

When will it be available? Sooner rather than later I hope. Xxx

[Annie31]

I thought they had a twenty minute test already tried - didn't they try it out in some care homes to allow close relatives to visit with loved ones, but later found out it wasn't that reliable. Is this one a different one?

Either way it's good that all the scientists are continuing to work on different ways to get over this crisis.

[2greys in reply to Annie31]

This is a different one to the current Lateral Flow Test

[Annie31]

That's good then, the more the merrier as they say!

[Alberta56]

That sounds very promising.

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Jeez, there are some clever people around. Great news. IFLScience!