Advances in the fight against the coronavirus
published: 04/04/20, 15:11
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The American company Abbott has developed a test to detect the Covid-19 in just 5 minutes. Intended for general practitioners and certain clinics, it has just been approved by the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA).
The country most affected by the coronavirus in the world, the United States has been strongly criticized in its management of the crisis and the lack of available tests to diagnose the disease.
New tests are coming
Abbott said that 50 of these tests will be delivered this week across the Atlantic. Rapid screenings are vital in the event of an epidemic: they allow doctors to know if they should protect themselves, where to send patients and to diagnose mild or asymptomatic cases. In addition, another 000-minute screening test called Cephid is currently used in hospitals and emergency departments in the United States.
While France is also under fire from critics concerning the low rate of tests carried out on the population, the government affirmed that the rate will increase in the coming weeks. A Breton company has thus developed a serological test enabling the presence of antibodies in the blood to be detected. The latter could be very useful during deconfinement to determine which people are immune.