LEICESTER – A new approach to testing for coronavirus (COVID19) could determine whether a person is infectious or not – even before symptoms are present.
It is to be trialled by researchers at the University of Leicester and if successful, could greatly simplify large scale screening for the virus and curb the spread of the disease.
The researchers will use simple, low-cost nonwoven face masks which are adapted using 3D printed strips that can trap exhaled microbes when the mask is worn for 30 minutes.
