Coronavirus: 90-minute COVID-19 test with 98.7% accuracy to be rolled out across UK

The Samba II identified 98.7% of infected patients correctly, with 100 made available by a philanthropist's £2.3m donation.

COVID-19 testing machines that can make a diagnosis in less than 90 minutes are to be rolled out across the UK.patients at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge as of this week.

Developed by a University of Cambridge spin-off company called Diagnostics for the Real World, researchers said their tests had been validated by Public Health England - and that they were expected to be launched in hospitals across the country.The government has come under increasing pressure as testing numbers have remained low, with testing of frontline NHS staff only beginning in high numbers at the weekend, andResearchers said the Samba II - originally developed for early HIV diagnosis - is"extremely sensitive" at detecting active infections, with 98.

In less than 90 minutes, Samba can deliver a diagnosis - unlike current tests which can take 24 hours or longer, researchers said.

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