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Bangkok university invents COVID-19 strip test

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Bangkok, Mar 31 (EFE/EPA).-Professors at Chulalongkorn University's Faculty of Pharmacy in Bangkok have invented a COVID-19 Strip Test to provide a quicker response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in the country.Thailand has so far confirmed 1,651 cases of coronavirus and 10 related deaths. (Camera: NARONG SANGNAK).FOOTAGE SHOWS THE COVID-19 STRIP TEST SITE AT THE CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY HEALTH SERVICE CENTER IN BANGKOK.SOUNDBITES: SANTHITI DAHLAN, DIRECTOR OF CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY HEALTH SERVICE CENTER (IN THAI).TRANSLATIONS: If a patient tests positive on our rapid test, he/she will need to take another full test called “PCR” to confirm that that person has really contracted the virus. And regardless of the results of the PCR test, he/she still needs to self-isolate for 14 days as he/she is already considered a patient with high risks of infection.

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