New breathalyser COVID-19 test developed in Queensland

A Queensland firm has developed a brand new breathalyser check to detect COVID-19.

Much like a roadside breath tester, the brand new gadget will enable Australians to check themselves for COVID-19 with out requiring a swab.

"It is very, very straightforward, it is non-invasive. All you must do is a five-second blow and that is it," Examin Holdings managing director Colin Hickey stated.

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Queensland firm developed a brand new breathalyser check to detect COVID-19.(9News)

"As soon as the gadget has completed the check it produces a QR code, you scan the code and the reply for the check is within the code."

Whereas the product continues to be being examined, early research point out it's 98 per cent correct.

The exams may be capable to detect COVID-19 as quickly as a affected person contracts it.

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The brand new gadget will enable Australians to check themselves for COVID-19 with out requiring a swab.(9News)

The federal authorities has provided the corporate a $650,000 grant to help in creating the check.

"It is a good piece of Aussie enterprise. We're actually trying ahead to giving this firm the assist it wants," Federal Trade Minister Angus Taylor stated.

Mr Hickey produced the check's prototype in a small lab on the Sunshine Coast.

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The brand new breath tester is just like a roadside breath tester, and requires the particular person to blow into it for 5 seconds. (9News)

Now he's working with the College of Utah within the US with hopes to distribute the exams globally.

"We would like to have the ability to present it to individuals in April someday, April, Could," Mr Hickey stated.