Vietnam announces successful development of quick test kits for novel coronavirus
(VOVWORLD) -A group of scientists at the Institute of Biotechnology and Food Technology said they have successfully developed novel coronavirus test kits that provide results in just 70 minutes, giving hope to the fight against the acute respiratory disease caused by novel coronavirus.
 Dr. Le Quang Hoa informs of his team's research result (Photo: vnexpress.net) |
Previously, the test of nCoV took from 3 to 4 days as it needs to sequence the whole genome of the coronavirus. The current methods using the Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) technique take at least 4 hours.
The Vietnamese scientists’ Reverse Transcription Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification (RT-LAMP) test kits give the result in 70 minutes (1 hour and 10 minutes).
The group wants the support from the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Science and Technology to carry out clinical trial before the mass production of their products.