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PCR Thermal Cyclers: How is the COVID-19 Virus Detected?

PCR Thermal Cyclers

The number of confirmed global deaths from COVID-19 is almost 4.2 million as of July 2021, according to a Statista report. By comparison, the last Great Plague of 1665 killed a million people. The number of fatalities due to the novel coronavirus is a staggering figure, especially considering that we are in an age of revolutionary medical discoveries and technology. Since the 2019 discovery of SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19 in China, scientists have successfully identified the novel virus. At present, several countries have also developed COVID-19 vaccines, and mass vaccination campaigns are underway. However, detecting the COVID-19 virus was critical to making this happen. It was the pathway that led to […]