A customer with full protective gear pushing a cart while shopping inside a supermarket of Alibaba's Hema Fresh chain, following an outbreak of the coronavirus in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. - Reuters
HONG KONG:The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) on Tuesday (Feb 11) announced the development of a new system that can identify 30 to 40 infectious respiratory pathogens in one single test within an hour, including novel coronavirus and bird flu virus.
The system was developed by a research team led by Terence Lau Lok-ting, director of Innovation and Technology Development, and adjunct professor at the Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology of PolyU.
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