Belarus is developing an express test for simultaneous detection of COVID-19 and influenza

Belarusian scientists are developing an express test that will simultaneously detect both coronavirus infection and influenza, belta.by reports.

Ekaterina Plaksitskaya, a junior researcher at the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, said that at the moment the development is at an initial stage, but it has already been decided that information on the determination of the antigen for coronavirus will appear on the right side of the test, and on the left – influenza type A and B.

Express tests of Belarusian production will soon be available for sale, which will allow to determine the presence of an antigen in the body. The composition of the test, the expert noted, will include an extraction tube with a nozzle, a buffer solution, a sterile swab and, directly, a test cassette.

The specialist stressed that the rapid antigen test is 97.8% accurate for positive results, and 100% accurate for negative results.

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