Indian scientists have developed an inexpensive and fast paper test for coronavirus called Feluda. On Monday, October 5, the BBC reports.

It is noted that the Feluda test is named after the famous Indian fictional detective. Its action is based on gene editing technology called Crispr. Scientists estimate that the test will produce results in less than an hour and will cost Rs 500 (about $ 6.75).

Feluda will be manufactured by leading Indian conglomerate Tata, and could be the world's first paper-based COVID-19 test available on the market.

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Researchers at the Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology in Delhi, where Feluda was developed, and private laboratories have tested the test on samples from about 2,000 patients, including those who have already tested positive for the coronavirus..

They found the new test had 96% sensitivity and 98% specificity.. The high sensitivity of the test will help detect almost everyone who is sick with coronavirus, and the high specificity will correctly exclude almost everyone who does not have this disease.

Accordingly, the first indicator guarantees not too many false negative results, and the second one - not too many false positives..

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Recall that India, where more than 6.5 million cases of infection were detected, ranks second in the world in the incidence of COVID-19 and the third in mortality from this disease..

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