Newborn babies, fish, stray dogs and more...what will China test for Covid next?

China, which is reeling under its biggest ever coronavirus outbreak is now preparing for future flare-ups of the virus. As per a report by Reuters, the country is setting up thousands of permanent PCR testing stations.

China makes Covid PCR tests a part of everyday life, opens permanent testing centres

In this early days in Wuhan, getting COVID-19 test done was so difficult that residents compared it to winning a lottery. For the few who did, the tests were often faulty resulting in false negatives.

How China messed up its COVID response

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that India is at second place when it comes to coronavirus COVID-19 testing while the US leading the world. "We have tested close to 65 million people and no country is even close to that number.

India has conducted most coronavirus tests after US: Donald Trump

The UK is set to distribute millions of free coronavirus antibody tests after a version passed its first major trials. The fingerprick tests can tell within 20 minutes if a person has ever been exposed to the coronavirus, and have been found to be 98.

Coronavirus antibody test passes first major trials in UK with 98.6% accuracy

Researchers, led by an Indian scientist, have developed a cheap, electricity-free centrifuge to separate components in patient saliva samples for the detection of the novel coronavirus, an innovation that may increase accessibility of COVID-19 diagnostics in poor regions of the world.

Indian-led team develops cheap, electricity free centrifuge for COVID-19 testing

The UK had to send coronavirus tests to the United States to be processed after an issue cropped up at one of its laboratories. The Sunday Telegraph newspaper has, in a report, said that as many as 50,000 test samples were sent on chartered flights to the US last week.

Britain sent coronavirus tests to US for processing

A recently released report has raised questions over antibody test that checks for prior COVID-19 infection, citing they had high rates of false positives in screenings performed by a consortium of California laboratories.

Coronavirus antibody tests may give false positives, says new research

China seems to tackle manpower shortages amid the coronavirus outbreak. Now the country has designed 5G powered robots to check the body temperature of people. It will be helpful to reduce the person to person contact to avoid the risk of coronavirus spreading further.

China uses robots for coronavirus tests

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