The world continues to develop solutions to combat the spread of the coronavirus disease, including the upcoming launch of a newly-developed testing kit that shows COVID-19 results in 15-30 minutes.
120m rapid antigen tests from two companies will be provided to low and middle-income countries that will cost only $5 (Php 250).
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These tests look similar to pregnancy tests, where two blue lines confirmed that a person is positive for the virus. However, it should only be processed and read by health workers.
This new rapid yet high-quality test will enable countries to conduct mass screenings especially for their health workers, who have been suffering and dying in numbers due to the spread of COVID-19, as per The Guardian.
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The World Health Organization has already given its emergency approval for one of these two rapid tests, with the other expected to receive a similar approval in the coming days.
