We now know that highly infectious novel viruses can just catch us severely under prepared and that most nations tend to cut funding for healthcare emergencies. Quick diagnosis is going to be essential to fight any new diseases in the future and our current methods are simply not as practical or suited for massive implementation as we would like.
Lateral flow technology is very practical but it has taken some time for a few tests to become available and PCR is just too expensive and requires too much technical knowledge to apply correctly.
What technology could be more capable of being quickly adapted for efficient detection and mass implementation? Any new trends in biotechnology we should keep an eye on? why?
Leung K, Wu JT, Liu D, Leung GM. First-wave COVID-19 transmissibility and severity in China outside Hubei after control measures, and second-wave scenario planning: a modelling impact assessment. Lancet. 2020 Apr 08.
Article First-wave COVID-19 transmissibility and severity in China o...
Leung K, Wu JT, Liu D, Leung GM. First-wave COVID-19 transmissibility and severity in China outside Hubei after control measures, and second-wave scenario planning: a modelling impact assessment. Lancet. 2020 Apr 08.
Article First-wave COVID-19 transmissibility and severity in China o...
WHO lists two COVID-19 tests for emergency use. WHO News. 2020 April 7.
https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/07-04-2020-who-lists-two-covid-19-tests-for-emergency-use
Advice on the use of point-of-care immunodiagnostic tests for COVID-19: Scientific brief. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2020 April 8.
https://www.who.int/news-room/commentaries/detail/advice-on-the-use-of-point-of-care-immunodiagnostic-tests-for-covid-19
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