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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).
Singaporean scientists have developed a new breathalyser test for Covid - it works in one minute May 24, 2021, 01:30 PM
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The Breathonix breath test for COVID was tested in clinical trials at three locations, where it picked up COVID cases accurately within 60 seconds of the test.
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During clinical trials, the device was able to accurately detect Covid-19 within one minute.
The researchers are deploying the system in further trials at Singapore s Tuas land checkpoint.
Researchers have developed a potentially game-changing breathalyser-style test for Covid, which can detect the virus within one minute.
The testing system was developed by a team of Singaporean researchers and involves a person breathing normally into a disposable, one-way mouthpiece - similar to how one would be tested for drunk driving.