University of Nankai develops rapid test kit

TIANJIN: China’s Nankai University has announced a breakthrough in developing a Covid-19 (novel coronavirus) rapid test kit that can identify infection among suspected patients within 15 minutes.

The new virus detection product, called the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) IgM/IgG antibody detection kit, was developed by the century-old university based in northern China’s Tianjin, together with a group of experts from other Chinese universities and biopharmaceutical companies.