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FDA Approves First Ever Covid-19 Breath Test
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted EUA to the first-ever Covid-19 breath test. The InspectIR Covid-19 Breathalyzer can produce results in less than three minutes. The device can separate and identify chemical mixtures, and detect five compounds associated with Sars-CoV2 infection in the exhaled breath of a person. The diagnostic test has more than 90% accuracy in identifying both positive and negative samples.
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WHO Gives Approval To Bharat Bitoech's Covaxin For Emergency Use
World Health Organisation's (WHO), Technical Advisory Group (TAG) reportedly gave Emergency Use Listing (EUL) status to Bharat Biotech's Covaxin on November 3. Covaxin has been found 77.8% effective against symptomatic COVID-19 and 65% against the new Delta Variant. The decision came after the WHO had sought more clarifications from the company on October 26. Covaxin has become the second Indian vaccine to get the status after Covishield. … read-more
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