![]() ” The device was tested in a study made up of 2,409 individuals both with and without symptoms of the virus. “If you think back from the original PCR, those were pretty horrib- le/ They were very uncomfortable and seemed to last forever -the easier we can make it, the better off we are. Yvonne Maldonado, an infectious disease specialist at Stanford University who is working on another Breathalyzer test, said that having more options to test will only help the transition to the endemic phase of the pandemic. A single machine can analyze about 160 samples per day. ![]() The InspectIR Covid-19 Breathalyzer, which is about the size of a piece of carry-on luggage, can produce results in less than 3 minutes and can be used in doctor’s offices, hospitals and mobile testing sites. “Today’s authorisation is yet another example of the rapid innovation occurring with diagnostic tests,” Jeff Shuren, director of the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health, said. The USFDA granted emergency-use authorisation to the first Covid-19 test that can detect the coronavirus in a breath sample, within minutes and with a high degree of accuracy, the agency said Thursday.
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