Part of: GS Mains II – India and Israel ties; International Relations
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Israeli Defence Ministry research and development team and DRDO to develop rapid testing for COVID19 in under 30 seconds.
Israeli team to bring breakthrough emerging Israeli technologies for combating COVID19 and support India’s response to the outbreak.
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The technologies to be tested in India include an artificial intelligence based online voice test and breathalyser test, isothermal testing and testing using polyamino acids.
Isothermal testing allows detection of the virus in a saliva sample with the help of a chemical reaction and produces a result within 30 minutes, while testing using Polyamino acids too detects virus proteins in a saliva sample in a few minutes.
