Argentine scientists working on low-cost two-hour coronavirus test


  • World
  • Wednesday, 20 May 2020

Santiago Webajh, scientist of the Pablo Cassara foundation, holds a test of the new "NEOKIT-COVID-19?, developed by a group of Argentine scientists that diagnoses the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in less than two hours, in Buenos Aires, Argentina May 19, 2020. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine scientists are producing what they call a fast and inexpensive coronavirus test, which according to the government has captured the interest of other countries.

The new test, called "NEOKIT-COVID-19", allows detection of the virus in less than two hours, developers say.

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