Researchers at the University of Birmingham have developed a new Covid-19 test capable of providing reliable results in less than 10 minutes.
The test, called RTF-EXPAR, has been found to be “just as sensitive” in detecting Covid as PCR tests but offers faster results and could be used at airport arrival terminals.
The university’s Surgical Research Laboratory found the new test had a “sample to signal” time of under 10 minutes and it was able to detect low levels of Covid which current lateral flow or antigen tests struggle to pick up.
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