COVID-19: New diagnostic tool for use outside the lab, offering the same efficacy as a PCR test

PCR tests are currently the gold standard for detecting SARS-CoV-2. These tests are reliable, but their complexity makes them difficult to use for point-of-care testing (POCT), in other words testing outside the laboratory. Scientists from the Institut Pasteur and ESPCI Paris have developed COVIDISC, a new portable device for this purpose.

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