Breathonix is working with the Ministry of Health for its deployment trial at Tuas Checkpoint.
The trial will see the screening of incoming travellers in the region and will be carried out alongside antigen rapid testing for now.
The BreFence Go Covid-19 Breath Test System will operate when a person exhales into a disposable one-way valved mouthpiece and breath samples. The mass spectrometer then analyses the invisible particles, called volatile organic compounds (VOCs), in the breath.
A healthy person will have a different VOC signature from someone with the virus, different illnesses will also create different VOC signatures.
Any individual with a positive result will then have to undertake a PCR test.