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Pushing limits of detection for the new coronavirus

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April 8, 2020 1:26 AM UTC
Updated on Apr 8, 2020 at 4:55 PM UTC

Even as companies strive to create ever-more sensitive diagnostics for COVID-19, it’s still not clear what limits of detection are required to determine whether people are truly in the clear.

The discovery that asymptomatic COVID-19 patients can transmit the virus means it is essential to find out who carries the virus in the absence of signs of disease (see "Reopening the Nation will Depend on Diagnostics")...