Singapore News - A breath test that can accurately detect Covid-19 within a minute will be rolled out in Singapore, with a trial slated to begin at Tuas Checkpoint in the next few days. Developed by Breathonix, a spin-off company from the National University of Singapore (NUS), the breath. Read more at www.tnp.sg
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.
Monday, 24 May 2021 12:46 PM MYT
60-second Covid-19 breath test gets HSA’s provisional go-ahead, to be trialled at Tuas Checkpoint. National University of Singapore pic via TODAY
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SINGAPORE, May 24 A breath test that can detect a Covid-19 infection within a minute has received provisional authorisation from the Health Sciences Authority (HSA).
Developed by Breathonix a spin-off from the National University of Singapore (NUS) the BreFence Go Covid Breath Test System is the first breath analysis system to receive provisional authorisation here, NUS and Breathonix announced on Monday (May 24).
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COVID-19 breath test gets provisional authorisation in Singapore, to undergo trial at land checkpoint
Dr Jia Zhunan (left) and Mr Du Fang (centre) of Breathonix with National University of Singapore (NUS) deputy president of innovation and enterprise Professor Freddy Boey. (Photo: NUS)
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SINGAPORE: A locally developed COVID-19 breath test that can generate results within one minute has received provisional authorisation from Singapore’s Health Sciences Authority (HSA).
The BreFence Go COVID-19 breath test system was developed by Breathonix, a spin-off company of the National University of Singapore (NUS), and is the first breath analysis system to secure such authorisation in Singapore.
updated: May 24 2021, 15:20 ist
Singapore authorities on Monday provisionally approved a breath test developed by three graduates of the prestigious National University of Singapore (NUS) and an India-born Professor that can detect the highly contagious Covid-19 infection within a minute.
Developed by Breathonix, a spin-off company of the NUS, the BreFence Go Covid-19 test is the first breath analysis system to secure such authorisation in Singapore, the Channel News Asia reported.
Breathonix is now working with the health ministry to run a deployment trial of their technology at one of the land checkpoints where incoming travellers will undergo screening with the BreFence Go Covid-19 breath test system, the company said in a press release on Monday.