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New device can diagnose COVID-19 from saliva samples

A woman wearing protective face mask stands next to a masked lion statue in Ginza shopping area, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Tokyo, Japan August 5, 2021. REUTERS/Androniki Christodoulou - RC2VYO9IE4OT

COVID-19 has seen new restrictions on everyday life, but also innovation to help end the pandemic. Image: REUTERS/Androniki Christodoulou

Anne Trafton
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Engineers at MIT and Harvard University have designed a small tabletop device that can detect SARS-CoV-2 from a saliva sample in about an hour.
The device can detect the disease in around an hour. Image: Devora Najjar

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