New, faster breathalyser test for diagnosing Covid-19 in the works in Singapore

SINGAPORE - Diagnosing a patient with Covid-19 could soon be as easy as getting the person to breathe into a tube - and getting the results in under a minute.

But Dr Jia Zhunan, an NUS graduate and chief executive of Breathonix is confident that the breath test could be a game-changer in Singapore's fight against the coronavirus. "This results in detectable changes in a person's breath profile," Dr Jia explained."As such, VOCs can be measured as markers for diseases like Covid-19."

"The disposable mouthpiece that our system uses has a one-way valve and a saliva trap, preventing inhalation and any saliva from entering the machine. This makes cross-contamination unlikely," said Mr Du Fang, chief operating officer of Breathonix. The journal had reported on how a 44-year-old woman sought treatment for a lesion on her left thigh because her dog kept sniffing at it. The diagnosis was melanoma, a type of skin cancer, that was still treatable.

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