Covid-19 test Archives - The Hippocratic Post

Covid-19: Pooled testing among recommendations to fix test, trace and isolate system

Posted on October 16, 2020 by The Royal Society of Medicine

Covid-19: Pooled testing among recommendations to fix test, trace and isolate system: In a series of recommendations to fix the struggling Covid-19 test, trace and isolate system in England, health researchers from University College London and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine say that pooled testing for Covid-19 could significantly increase testing capacity in a relatively short space of time and […]

Rapid $5 tests for low & middle income countries

Posted on September 29, 2020 by Hippocratic Post

WHO: Global partnership to make available 120 million affordable, quality COVID-19 rapid tests for low- and middle-income countries A full access package includes WHO policy guidance on the use of antigen-based rapid diagnostic tests, manufacturer volume guarantees for low and middle-income countries, catalytic funding to assist governments to deploy the tests and an initial US$50 […]

Expanding our ability to test, test, test

Posted on May 4, 2020 by Dr Izhar Bagwan

At the moment, people who are suspected of having Covid 19 undergo a swab PCR test which looks for genetic particles of the virus in their nasal or oral secretions. This can take from less than 24 hours up to five days depending on the lab. At the BSPS molecular lab at the Royal Surrey […]

Pilot phase – rapid Covid-19 test

Posted on April 10, 2020 by Hippocratic Post

Monash University researchers are developing a Covid-19 test to rapidly diagnose active virus infection within an hour: The pilot study is up and running. Despite reports of a new finger prick blood test being available soon – which tests whether a person has been infected with COVID 19 and therefore may have immunity – the […]