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Rapid, less intrusive coronavirus breath tests are set to roll out in the Netherlands, health officials there said.
Starting this week, testing facilities in Amsterdam began to use the so-called SpiroNose, a machine that works similarly to a breath alcohol test. A person simply breaths into the machine, which can detect a coronavirus infection within minutes, Reuters reported.
The machine is most reliable in detecting a negative test, Mariken van der Lubben, an infectious disease expert with Amsterdam’s municipal health services, told the outlet.
Dutch to roll out rapid breath tests for COVID-19 Reuters 2/3/2021
AMSTERDAM, Feb 3 (Reuters) - The Netherlands is to introduce rapid COVID-19 breath tests to sites across the country to speed up the testing process and make it less intrusive.
Testing facilities in Amsterdam were this week the first to start using the SpiroNose, a machine which requires a person to breathe into it to indicate a possible coronavirus infection within a minute.
After months of trials, Dutch health authorities found the SpiroNose to be reliable in the case of negative test results, infectious disease expert Mariken van der Lubben of Amsterdam s municipal health services told Reuters.
Wednesday, 03 Feb 2021 08:30 PM MYT
A man demonstrates how a Covid-19 breath test works in the testing facilities in the Netherlands that will be equipped with breath tests capable of giving immediate results in Amsterdam, Netherlands February 1, 2021. Reuters pic
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AMSTERDAM, Feb 3 The Netherlands is to introduce rapid Covid-19 breath tests to sites across the country to speed up the testing process and make it less intrusive.
Testing facilities in Amsterdam were this week the first to start using the SpiroNose, a machine which requires a person to breathe into it to indicate a possible coronavirus infection within a minute.