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- The Kerala government has announced ‘rapid tests’ that will ensure speedy results within half an hour.
- It was taken to tackle suspicions of whether the novel coronavirus has spread into the community.
- A rapid test is conducted to determine whether there has been any kind of recent viral infection in a person’s body.
- When a pathogen enters a human body, specific antibodies are released as a response to the virus.
- A rapid test can detect the presence of such antibodies in blood, serum or plasma samples quickly, indicating a viral infection.
- Rapid testing is conducted usually to check for community transmission of a virus during an epidemic.
- It is a simple test that can be done with a person’s blood sample and will give out results within 10-30 minutes.
- It is also a low-cost test.
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