Hong Kong developed a device for rapid diagnosis of coronavirus - mass media

Scientists from Hong Kong have created a portable device that allows a fast and effective way in just 40 minutes to diagnose the presence of infection with the new coronavirus 2019- nCoV. This is reported by the South China Morning Post on February 7. Also, according to the publication, the application of the new product has already begun in a number of cities of the PRC, including Hubei Province, where the epicentre of the epidemic is located. We have directed it to many places and hope people will use it, said Professor Wen Waijia, chief developer of the new device, who works at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. In addition, he said that his team began developing the device when he received a live strain of a new coronavirus from the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention on January 20. In addition, it is specified that the device operates on the principle of analysis of a sample of liquid excretions of the human body. At present, the polymerase chain reaction method is used for coronavirus diagnosis, in which case it takes more than three hours to detect the virus in the body. We remind that earlier this group of researchers from Hong Kong has already produced similar devices for rapid diagnosis of avian and swine influenza.