Local COVID-19 saliva test could help turn pandemic’s tide, doctors say
Hawaii’s Oceanit Laboratories has developed a “spit in cup” test for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, that can be done at home, gives results in three to 10 minutes and will cost about $20.
Within the next few weeks, The Queen’s Medical Center plans to start human clinical trials of the test, called Assure-19, having received a green light from its institutional review board last week, said Dr. Todd B. Seto, the center’s director of academic affairs and research.
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