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New crown pneumonia | Hong Kong company and British Oxford Research quickly test a cup for 20 minutes, there are results

2021-08-09T23:44:55.424Z


Most of the new coronavirus tests and laboratory tests need to be carried out in the laboratory, which requires a certain amount of time and cost. A Hong Kong-produced genetic testing company recently successfully developed a rapid test with overseas universities.


Most of the new coronavirus tests and laboratory tests need to be carried out in the laboratory, which requires a certain amount of time and cost.

A Hong Kong-based genetic testing company recently successfully developed a rapid test with overseas universities, which can compress the procedures originally performed in the laboratory to an instrument the size of a water cup.

The relevant equipment can do at least 1,000 tests, with results within 20 minutes, and each test costs about 150 yuan.


Hong Kong genetic testing company Prenetics cooperated with Oxford University in the UK to develop a set of rapid test equipment.

The instrument is about the size of a water cup, and the user can collect a sample of the nasal cavity by himself, and then put the sampling stick into the instrument, and the test result will be known in about 20 minutes. The instrument can do at least 1,000 tests.

However, the negative test report and result of the relevant test are not yet available as a health certificate for traveling abroad.

Yang Shengwu, CEO of Prenetics, told "Hong Kong 01" that in the past, virus testing had to be carried out in a laboratory and consumed more manpower and space. However, the new product can compress the testing program into a small instrument, which is considered a major breakthrough.

He said that the team spent nearly a year trying to successfully develop the instrument, and the sensitivity (true positive rate) and specificity (true negative rate) of the instrument verification reached 96% and 99.9%, respectively, to more accurately rule out and confirm whether the sample contains the virus.

Yang Shengwu said that for the time being, he has received more than 10,000 orders worldwide.

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As for the target audience, Yang Shengwu believes that new product testing is convenient and everyone is a potential customer.

The research and development cost of the relevant product is close to 200 million Hong Kong dollars. The "testing water cup" is priced at 999 Hong Kong dollars, which can be used for at least 1,000 tests. Each sampling rod is sold for about 150 yuan. It will be sold in Hong Kong at the end of this month and has temporarily received more than 10,000 pre-orders worldwide. .

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Source: hk1

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