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• Sugar-Coated COVID-19 Test Strip Detects All Known Coronavirus Variants

• New Diagnostic Combines Fast Imaging Hardware with Data Analysis to Indicate Blood Clotting in COVID-19 Patients

• New Test Developed Using AI Proves Almost 100% Accurate in Detecting  COVID-19 Antibodies

• Seegene Launches New PCR Test that Identifies Omicron, Its Stealth Version, and All VOCs in Single Tube

• New Saliva-Based COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Test Delivers Results in Minutes with Nearly Comparable Sensitivity to PCR Test

• Lab-Based COVID-19 PCR Tests Fail to Distinguish New ‘Stealth’ Version of Omicron from Other Variants

• Blood-Based Biomarker Test Could Identify Patients at High Risk of Severe COVID-19

• Rapid COVID-19 Test Compares Solidly With PCR Detection in Largest Field Hospital Study

• Biomérieux Molecular Tests Amplify and Detect SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant

• Seegene’s High Multiplex PCR Assay Can Detect New Omicron Variant

• New Biomarker Can Predict COVID-19 Severity by Means of a Blood Test

• New Study Identifies Impact of Sample Processing on Sensitivity of Rapid Antigen Detection Tests for SARS-CoV-2

• New COVID-19 Rapid Test Identifies Antibody Effectiveness Against Multiple SARS-CoV-2 Variants

• Qiagen Launches CE-marked Version of QuantiFERON SARS-CoV-2 to Assess T-cell Response to COVID-19

• New Metabolism-Based Blood Test Predicts COVID-19 Severity and Risk

• New 1-Minute COVID-19 Saliva Test Enables Swift Diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 Infection

• Randox Leads UK’s International Travel Testing Efforts in Response to New Omicron Variant

• Eurofins Launches New Multiplex RT-PCR Respiratory Panel for SARS-CoV-2, Flu A/B, and RSV A/B

• High-Volume PCR and Rapid Antigen Tests Unlikely to Be Impacted by New Omicron Variant, Says US FDA

• Measuring Antibodies in Saliva a Useful and Easy Strategy to Detect SARS-CoV-2 Infections, Finds Study

• Compact CRISPR System Enables Portable COVID-19 Testing

• New Device Detects Viruses Like COVID-19 in the Body as Fast as Rapid Tests With 95% Accuracy

• Only Saliva-Based Rapid COVID-19 Test in the Market Delivers Highly Accurate Results in 15 Minutes at POC