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Quick, portable COVID-19 test kits approved for use, Ottawa company says
CBC News · Posted: Apr 13, 2020 9:39 AM ET | Last Updated: 17 minutes ago
An Ottawa company says Health Canada has approved its new technology that can expand the country's COVID-19 test capacity.
Spartan Bioscience was one of the companies that received federal funds announced in mid-March to help in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
It switched from making portable DNA test kits to working on a similar hand-held, cube-shaped device that could do quick tests for the novel coronavirus outside laboratories in settings such as airports, border crossings and remote communities.
Last month, company CEO Paul Lem said the tests would involve two mouth swabs plugged into the coffee cup-sized cube, which would light up if the germs are detected.
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Spartan Bioscience was one of the companies that received federal funds announced in mid-March to help in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
It switched from making portable DNA test kits to working on a similar hand-held, cube-shaped device that could do quick tests for the novel coronavirus outside laboratories in settings such as airports, border crossings and remote communities.
Last month, company CEO Paul Lem said the tests would involve two mouth swabs plugged into the coffee cup-sized cube, which would light up if the germs are detected.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/spartan-covid19-test-kit-new-1.5530669?cmp=rss