{"id":27909,"date":"2021-01-26T10:38:12","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T10:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/?p=27909"},"modified":"2021-01-27T10:39:21","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T10:39:21","slug":"peru-company-approved-to-sell-covid-19-test-kits-that-detect-variants-%e2%80%af%e2%80%af","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/peru-company-approved-to-sell-covid-19-test-kits-that-detect-variants-%e2%80%af%e2%80%af\/","title":{"rendered":"Peru Company Approved to Sell COVID-19 Test Kits That Detect Variants \u202f\u202f"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Peru-based company says it has developed a COVID-19 molecular test kit that can detect the variants of the virus found in the United Kingdom, South Africa, and Brazil.<br \/>\nThe director of BTS Consultores Research, Milagros Zavaleta says the CavBio can detect the variants in a swab sample but does not distinguish the type of variant.<br \/>\nThe low-cost COVID-19 test kits became available for sale after Digemid, the government organization that oversees the safe access to medicines, authorized the BTS production plant to operate.<br \/>\nThe director of BTS says the company is in talks with clinics and laboratories to sell the kits, which could prove beneficial, with more countries experiencing a second wave of COVID-19 cases, including variants of the virus.<br \/>\nPeru has confirmed more than 1,093,000 coronavirus cases and 39,608 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University COVID Resource Center.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Voice of America<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Peru-based company says it has developed a COVID-19 molecular test kit that can detect the variants of the virus found in the United Kingdom, South Africa, and Brazil. 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