Researchers develop one-minute breath test for COVID-19
The UK team say if shown reliable the test could allow for rapid identification or exclusion of the virus in GP and ED clinics
A non-invasive coronavirus breath test that could deliver results within one minute is being developed in the UK.
The technology, originally designed as part of a project known as TOXI-Triage, would use “breath signatures” to “rapidly distinguish COVID-19 from other respiratory conditions”.
The researchers say their findings, published in The Lancet’s Eclinical Medicine journal, could dramatically improve the experience of taking a virus test as well as “play a part in restarting the economy”.
Led by Loughborough University, the TOXI-Triage project was launched four years ago with the aim of determining the most effective ways to give medical and toxic assessments to the casualties of a chemical, biological, radioactive or nuclear event.
