The Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Russia’s sanitary watchdog Rospotrebnadzor has created a highly accurate test to detect the novel coronavirus infection in humans, the governmental agency said on its website.
"The testing kit has successfully passed clinical trials and was registered for use in the Russian Federation <…> on March 25, 2020," Rospotrebnadzor said in a statement.
"The new test meets all modern requirements for accuracy and specificity, allowing not only to detect SARS-CoV-2, but also to differentiate it from other SARS-Cov-type viruses and MERS-Cov," TASS cited the statement as saying.
The WHO on March 11 declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. As of now, more than 720,000 people have been infected around the world and over 35,000 have died. Russia has 1,836 cases of the infection, with nine deaths.
Russian scientists develop highly accurate COVID-19 test
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