Auto provider Robert Bosch GmbH mentioned its healthcare affiiate developed a take a look at that may diagnose COVID-19 in lower than 2.5 hours and may assist efforts to battle the coronavirus outbreak.

“Contaminated sufferers may be recognized and remoted quicker,” Bosch CEO Volkmar Denner mentioned Thursday in a press release. Sufferers sometimes should wait one or two days for take a look at outcomes.

The power to check for COVID-19 is seen as a key variable in limiting its unfold. Prognosis has proliferated in some international locations like Germany and South Korea, whereas lagging behind in others together with Italy and elements of the U.S.

The brand new take a look at makes use of the medical diagnostics platform made by the healthcare division of Bosch, the world's largest auto provider by gross sales. The gadget is already utilized in hospitals, laboratories and medical practices to diagnose a spread of bacterial and viral ailments together with influenza and pneumonia.

The brand new COVID-19 take a look at can be obtainable in Germany in April and be bought in worldwide markets....