A new fast corona test could ease up travelling
The travel industry is putting hopes into a new 30-second test developed in Israel.
A rapid coronavirus detection test that gives results in less than a minute - developed by Israel and India - should be ready in "a matter of days," according to Israeli Ambassador to India Ron Malka. "All thresholds have been exceeded." "This is going to be good news for the whole world. By the time we can vaccinate the entire population, this joint operation that we called 'Open Skies' would literally open the sky to international travel and other economic activities, there this can be used at airports and other places, where a person only has to blow into a tube and the result would be available in 30-40-50 seconds. The test is also very inexpensive as results are provided on-site without the logistics and cost of shipping samples to a laboratory. Israel sent a high-level delegation from the Defense Research and Development Directorate to India in July to develop the new rapid test while treating Indian patients with COVID-19. Preliminary tests have been carried out in the country and each of them has successfully passed the various required phases. Coronavirus test manufacturers: Abbott (NYSE: ABT), Becton, Dickinson & Company (NYSE: BDX), Fluidigm (Nasdaq: FLDM), QIAGEN (NYSE: QGEN), Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), Quidel (NASDAQ: QDEL), Thermo Fisher (NYSE: TMO). Travel supplies: American Airlines (NASDAQ: AAL), Allegiant Travel (NASDAQ: ALGT), Alaska Air (NYSE: ALK), Carnival Corp. (NYSE: CCL), Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL), Expedia (NASDAQ: EXPE), Frontier Airlines (FRNT), Hawaiian Holdings (NASDAQ: HA), JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ: JBLU), Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV ), Norwegian Cruise Line (NYSE: NCLH), Royal Caribbean (NYSE: RCL), Spirit Airlines (NYSE: SAVE), TripAdvisor (NASDAQ: TRIP), United Airlines (NASDAQ: UAL).