Focus Taiwan
Date: 04/15/2020
By: Chang Chien-chung, Chang Ming-hsuan and Matthew Mazzetta
The kit was developed by ITRI researchers in cooperation with the National Defense Medical Center and four private companies, ITRI President Edwin Liu (劉文雄) said, during the unveiling of the test kit at a press conference in Taipei.
Similar in size to a soda can, the test kit is "highly accurate, lightweight, sensitive and efficient," the ITRI said.
The test kit analyzes samples obtained by swabbing the patient's throat or nasal passage to detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes the COVID-19 disease, and the result is produced within an hour compared to four hours for other early detection tests, the ITRI said.
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