New Covid test developed in US can identify all variants in hours

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Category : International Published on: July 08 2022

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Scientists in the US have developed a rapid Covid-19 test that can accurately detect all current variants of SARS-CoV-2 within hours.
The test, CoVarScan, detects the signatures of eight hotspots on the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes Covid-19.
The researchers at the University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center in the US tested CoVarScan on samples collected from more than 4,000 patients.
CoVarScan hones in on eight regions of SARS-CoV-2 that commonly differ between viral variants.

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