In our lab we use the Sarbeco E-gen qPCR for SARS-CoV2 diagnostics. A recent BioRxiv publication of Vogels et al demonstrated that this is one of the most sensitive qPCRs wordwide. However in a WHO document the Pasteur Institue in France suggested that their nCoV_IP2/4 qPCR resulted in even lower Ct values (2-3) as compared to the Sarbeco-E qPCR. This was however only based on one sample, and there's no other data on this qPCR publically available. Did anyone compare these qPCRs on more samples?

Best regards,

Theun de Groot