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India’s Feluda Covid test cheaper, faster alternative to RT-PCR diagnosis
₹500 and can deliver a result in 45 minutes, is able to differentiate SARS-CoV-2 from other coronaviruses even if genetic variations between them are minute More accurate than a rapid antigen test and almost as quick, India’s CRISPR ‘Feluda’ COVID-19 test that changes colour on detection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus could be a cheaper, faster and simpler alternative to an RT-PCR diagnosis, say scientists.Named after Satyajit Ray’s famed detective, the Feluda test, which is priced at ₹500 and can deliver a result in 45 minutes, is able to differentiate SARS-CoV-2 from other coronaviruses even if genetic variations between them are minute.The Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) Feluda test, developed by the New