Miraca Holdings unit seeks approval for coronavirus antigen testing kits - govt
27/04/2020 14:09
TOKYO, April 27 (Reuters) - Japan's Miraca Holdings 4544.T
subsidiary Fujirebio on Monday applied for government approval
for the nation's first antigen coronavirus testing kits, a
health ministry official said.
Unlike a time-consuming polymerase chain reaction, or PCR,
test which currently is Japan's sole official test for
coronavirus diagnosis, antigen tests can be completed in about
half an hour, potentially making virus tests more accessible to
the public if approved.
(Reporting by Kiyoshi Takenaka; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
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