Rapid Covid-19 test on trial at Hong Kong airport may miss some infections, University of Oxford professor admits | South China Morning Post
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A rapid Covid-19 test returning results within 30 minutes and currently on trial at Hong Kong International Airport could miss some infections with very low viral levels, one of its developers has admitted.The University of Oxford designers of the test say it can correctly identify more than 90 per cent of positive cases, but medical experts warn more trial data is needed to determine its sensitivity rate.Called the Oxsed RaViD Direct, the screening method draws on established analysis technology called RT-LAMP and is developed by the British university’s spin-off company Oxsed, which Hong Kong start-up Prenetics has acquired.
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