Channel NewsAsia Singapore

China eases COVID-19 test rules for travellers from some countries, including Singapore

SINGAPORE: China on Wednesday (Mar 1) relaxed COVID-19 testing requirements for travellers from several countries, including Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Cambodia and New Zealand. It is no ...
The Straits Times

Acumen Diagnostics' S'pore-made PCR kits able to detect both Omicron, Delta variants

SINGAPORE - The battle to fend off the new Omicron coronavirus variant has got a boost from polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test kits developed by home-grown medical technology firm Acumen Diagnostics ...
Business Wire

Curative Announces Spin-Off of Sensible Diagnostics with their Game-Changing 10-Minute Point-Of-Care PCR Testing Platform

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Curative Inc., a leading health services company that recently launched a new health plan out of Texas, announces the spin-off of Sensible Diagnostics, whose aim is to ...
TODAYonline

Explainer: How often are false positive Covid-19 test results and why do they happen?

Even though the polymerase chain reaction test (PCR) for Covid-19 is highly accurate, no test is foolproof False positives can also happen when a sample is contaminated Not all PCR tests are made the ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

My RATs are negative but I still think I might have COVID. Should I get a PCR test?

You've been exposed to COVID and are starting to get symptoms. But after a couple of days of testing with rapid antigen tests (RATs), your tests remain negative. Mass PCR testing has been scaled back, ...