Tag: COVID-19 Test
IATA urges govts to address high cost of COVID-19 tests
The global trade association of airlines, International Air Transport Association (IATA) urges governments to look into the high cost of COVID-19 tests in many...
Here is a face mask that can detect if you are...
A team of engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University has designed...
DXB opens one of world’s largest in-house airport COVID-19 RT PCR...
Dubai, in line with its efforts to enhance safe international travel while accelerating the recovery of the travel sector, has opened one of the...
COVID-19 test result in 1 minute: Singapore approves novel technology
Singapore has approved a breath test designed to detect COVID-19 and give accurate results within a minute, the National University of Singapore said in...
Swiss drugmaker Roche to buy COVID-19 test manufacturer GenMark for $1.8bn
Switzerland-based multinational healthcare company Roche Holding has agreed to buy GenMark Diagnostics for about $1.8 billion to obtain the provider of fast tests for...
Superfast Paper-based COVID-19 test approved by Indian authorities
India's Drugs Controller General (DCGI) has approved an accurate and low-cost paper-based test strip named Feluda kit which can identify COVID-19 in less than...
Cheaper COVID tests on flights; flydubai allies with UAE private healthcare...
Dubai's budget airline flydubai and few other aviation companies are now collaborating with the UAE’s health care groups to provide COVID-19 tests for passengers...
SEHA will open extra COVID-19 testing centers in UAE
Abu Dhabi Healthcare Services (SEHA) will expand its weekly Covid-19 testing capacity by more than 66% in the coming days. The group is beginning...
