UK scientists to trial breath-based test for Covid-19

Name: UK scientists to trial breath-based test for Covid-19
Uploaded: 2020-04-21T12:32:31+00:00
Duration: 4 min 59 s
Description: UK scientists are trialling a potential alternative to the nasal swab test for Covid-19. Sterghios Moschos, virologist and lecturer in biomedicine, Northumbria University, says the device collects samples from breath vapour that can be analysed.

Issued on: 21/04/2020 - 14:32

UK scientists are trialling a potential alternative to the nasal swab test for Covid-19. Sterghios Moschos, virologist and lecturer in biomedicine, Northumbria University, says the device collects samples from breath vapour that can be analysed.