The Ministry of Health and Population said that implementing the Supreme Court’s order to conduct tests for coronavirus on all quarantined persons across the country using polymerase chain ...

COVID-19 is commonly diagnosed by quantitative fluorescence real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) (1, 2). The test is the sequential action of two enzymes–an RNA ...

Most PCR tests identify only a few pathogens at a time, so if you receive a negative result for a COVID-19 test, you need to take multiple tests to see if you have other respiratory viruses.

The Government must intervene in the coronavirus PCR travel test market to improve the experience for consumers, the competition watchdog has said today. The call for action is the outcome of a rapid ...

PCR Covid test providers have been told by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to clean up their practices amid concerns they may be breaking consumer law. An open letter has been written by ...

First, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's initial rollout of the PCR test was fraught with problems that delayed the US's early response. That issue has since been fixed but led to a ...

With no signs that the coronavirus pandemic is anywhere close to abating, many have pointed to the need for an easy-to-use, quick and inexpensive test that could identify those with COVID-19 ...

The push for rapid COVID-19 testing could set up a future of at-home disease testing. Setting up the systems to make these tests at scale will also help prepare us for the next pandemic.

SOMETIMES PCR test results don’t come back with the result we were expecting. Perhaps you get a negative result despite being certain you have been exposed to the virus, or you have a positive ...

The PCR test currently used to test for COVID-19 was, indeed, created for that use. It's not a vaccine in disguise.