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coronavirus-testing

Business 4 years ago

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Breathalyzer tests offer hope for domestic tourism

The government is seeking to facilitate more passenger travels by using a diagnostics tool for COVID-19 at airports and other transport hubs, which, offers cheaper, but questionable, health screening.

World 5 years ago

Antigen tests: Blunt but fast COVID weapon

Less precise but faster than other forms of COVID-19 diagnosis, antigen tests -- such as the 150 million kits ordered by US President Donald Trump this week -- are another weapon in the pandemic battle, experts say.

World 5 years ago

WHO wants 120m rapid virus tests for poorer states

Some 120 million rapid tests for COVID-19 will be made available to poorer countries at $5 each, the World Health Organization announced Monday -- if it can find the money.

National 5 years ago

Govt bolsters hospital capacity, treatment standards to tackle COVID-19 crisis

The government says it has made strides in expanding hospital capacity and improving treatment standards for COVID-19 patients.

National 5 years ago

Research and Technology Ministry to launch rapid and PCR test kits

Research and Technology Minister and National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) head Bambang Brodjonegoro has said the ministry is developing COVID-19 test kits to improve screening for the virus.

World 5 years ago

90-minute British DnaNudge COVID-19 test is accurate, Lancet study finds

A British COVID-19 test known as DnaNudge that gives results in just over an hour and which requires no laboratory was accurate in almost all cases, an academic review in the Lancet has found.

SE Asia 5 years ago

Thailand tests nearly 600 people exposed to mystery coronavirus case

Thailand said on Wednesday it had tested nearly 600 people potentially exposed to the country's first domestic coronavirus case in over three months, but has so far found no new infections.

Sports 5 years ago

COVID tests completed as Tour de France holds its breath

Egan Bernal, Primoz Roglic and the rest of the peloton has undergone a second wave of COVID-19 swab tests with the samples sent to Paris for analysis, the Tour de France testing center confirmed to AFP on Monday's rest day.

World 5 years ago

Wary Hong Kongers shun China-backed mass virus testing

Hong Kong's plan to test every resident for the coronavirus is being hobbled by limited take-up as a wary public steer clear of the China-backed health scheme.

Sports 5 years ago

Tour de France riders await coronavirus tests day

Tour de France teams were crossing their fingers as the peloton headed for the first rest day's battery of coronavirus tests which could trigger team exclusions on Monday.

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coronavirus-testing

PREMIUM Breathalyzer tests offer hope for domestic tourism

Antigen tests: Blunt but fast COVID weapon

WHO wants 120m rapid virus tests for poorer states

Govt bolsters hospital capacity, treatment standards to tackle COVID-19 crisis

Research and Technology Ministry to launch rapid and PCR test kits

90-minute British DnaNudge COVID-19 test is accurate, Lancet study finds

Thailand tests nearly 600 people exposed to mystery coronavirus case

COVID tests completed as Tour de France holds its breath

Wary Hong Kongers shun China-backed mass virus testing

Tour de France riders await coronavirus tests day

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Breathalyzer tests offer hope for domestic tourism