UAE lab develops device to enable much faster Covid-19 mass screenings

The Covid-19 cases in the UAE stand at 25,063. The deadly virus has also claimed 227 lives in the country.

As the medical fraternity around the world scrambles to develop ways which will enable better tackling of coronavirus crisis, QuantLase Imaging Lab, the medical-research arm of International Holdings Company, IHC announced that it has developed novel equipment which enables for much faster mass screenings, with test results available in seconds and allowing testing on a wider scale.

According to a report in WAM, "this breakthrough will enable 'Mass-scale screening', changing the whole dimension of tracing and the speed with which workforces can be approached".

As per the latest data from Johns Hopkins University, the number of coronavirus cases across the