US germ warfare research leads to new early Covid-19 test
by Giles Tremlett from Science | The Guardian on (#52XPV)
Exclusive: test has potential to identify carriers before they become infectious
Scientists working for the US military have designed a new Covid-19 test that could potentially identify carriers before they become infectious and spread the disease, the Guardian has learned.
In what could be a significant breakthrough, project coordinators hope the blood-based test will be able to detect the virus's presence as early as 24 hours after infection - before people show symptoms and several days before a carrier is considered capable of spreading it to other people. That is also around four days before current tests can detect the virus.
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