Rapid new test can detect Covid-19 variants in just 24 hours Phoebe Southworth © Ronald Wittek/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Sequencing at a laboratory in Germany - Ronald Wittek/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
A rapid new test can detect if someone is carrying infectious new variants of Covid-19 in just 24 hours.
Scientists are currently identifying mutations of the virus using a lengthy and expensive process known as sequencing , in which the genetic material of the virus is analysed over a week.
However, a potentially life-saving test has now been developed which can quickly root out people infected with a different strain before they spread it to others and it cannot be contained.
Rapid new test can detect new variants of Covid-19 in just 24 hours
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Rapid new test can detect Covid-19 variants in just 24 hours
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