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'Cheaper' Covid test that sees patients spit in cup trialled at Scots university

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university is trialling a new type of coronavirus test which involves patients spitting into a medical cup. The University of Edinburgh is currently looking into the benefits of ‘hypertube samping’, which could be potentially more accurate than PCR swab tests.

Currently PCR tests are used by NHS Scotland for people who believe that they have symptoms of Covid-19. It involves patients taking samples from their nose and throat using a swab to check for the virus.But university bosses are looking into the less invasive style of testing, that could be quicker and cheaper.PCR tests are proven to be highly accurate, but the samples are sent to labs for individual analysis, which is said to be ‘costly’, according to the university.The new approach.

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