Now in 45 minutes it will be known whether someone is infected with coronavirus

March 23, 2020March 23, 2020

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Washington, Pret. The American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved diagnostic tests to combat the corona virus. Through this test, it can be detected in 45 minutes whether the person is infected with corona or not. The approval of such diagnostics test developed by California based company Cepheid will help in rapid identification of infected people and start their treatment soon. Can be done. The test will begin next week.

According to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, the test we approve today will be able to provide Americans with results in minutes rather than days, just like current tests. The company plans to start it by 30 March. He said that this test by Cepheid has been designed by more than 23 thousand automated GeneExpert Systems around the world. According to Alex, in view of the daily demand of patients to deal with the corona epidemic in view of the increasing demand from physicians, this investigation will be effective in starting treatment soon in real time.

David Persig, Chief Medical and Technology Officer of Cepheid, said that a quick and accurate examination of the person can help reduce the pressure on health facilities caused by the corona. Warren Kocmond, president of Cepheid, said Cepheid currently has about 5,000 GeneExpert systems capable of use in point-of-care testing hospitals.