A UK-made COVID alarm has been designed to detect the virus in a crowded room within just 15 minutes. The gadget, the size of a smoke alarm, could be equipped in crowded areas such as classrooms, workplaces and care homes, with a reliability factor of around 98% to 100%.
Developed by Cambridge firm Roboscientific, the gadget has effectively become more reliable than rapid home tests and just as accurate as PCR lab tests. Tracking molecules by people carrying COVID-19, the results are sent to a smartphone within 15 minutes. The gadget is expected to cost around £5,000, with a handheld version which allows people to scan others in just two minutes is also in development.
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