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A rapid breath test that is reportedly capable of detecting COVID-19 within 60 seconds is currently being trialled in Dubai.
Developed by Breathonix, a company associated with the National University of Singapore (NUS), the breath test is being assessed for accuracy by the Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences (MBRU) and Dubai Health Authority (DHA).
A total of 2,500 patients are involved in the trial taking place at the Nadd Al Hamar primary healthcare centre, the DHA confirmed.
THE LARGER CONTEXT
Initial trials of the potentially game changing test took place on 180 patients in Singapore, with results showing a sensitivity of 93% and specificity of 95% with machine learning algorithm.
Game-changing breath analyser test to detect virus in 60 seconds
13 Mar 2021
Mariecar Jara-Puyod,
Senior Reporter
From the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) to sniffing K-9 dogs, determining if one were infected with the quick-mutating virulent SARS-CoV2 may soon become much easier and faster as an ongoing study on a breath analyser technology, originally for cancer detection, is now being conducted in Dubai.
The collaborative study among the Dubai Health Authority (DHA), the Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences (MBRU) in Dubai Healthcare City, and the National University of Singapore-Breathonix Pte Ltd. (Breathonix) was announced on Saturday.
It comes after the UAE Ministry of Interior on Mar.10 released a video whereby well-trained K-9 dogs sniff on the armpit swabs of individuals for the positive or negative COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus), and the method to be implemented in approved public events or gatherings.