Pregnancy-style coronavirus home test kit could be approved in weeks
A NEW pregnancy-style coronavirus home test kit which costs just £5 and produces results in minutes could be approved in weeks, a leading scientist has claimed.
The fastest coronavirus test currently available in the UK is the PCR swab test - though results have a 24 hour turnaround time as they are sent to a laboratory. He told a Royal Society of Medicine webinar: “The real step forward will be is you get pregnancy style lateral flow tests for antigen that work with a reasonable sensitivity and specificity.
“But some look pretty interesting. And at £5 pounds a pop, with high sensitivity, say 90 per cent, and high specificity, which may be in high 90s, they could really work.” He also stressed the ease of taking the test, adding: “You could do it while you have your cornflakes”.
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