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They don't have a serological test yet. The test uses RNA extraction. So, the testing all over the world is time consuming and testing kits are expensive. I don
by lenkite 7y ago
They don't have a serological test yet. The test uses RNA extraction. So, the testing all over the world is time consuming and testing kits are expensive. I don't think this is just a US problem.
- T-A 7y agohttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51836898 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51836898
- La1n 7y agoFor the people that don't like clicking links: >Nearly 20,000 people are being tested every day for coronavirus in South Korea, more people per capita than anywhere else in the world. >The whole process from test tube to test result is about five to six hours.
- hcknwscommenter 7y agoYou are just wrong. RNA extraction is dead simple. The basic extraction technology dates to the 1980s. The extraction reagents are (or at least very much can be) very simple ad very cheap chemicals like trizol reagent.