Riken, Kanagawa Pref. create test to detect coronavirus in 30 min.

Kanagawa Prefecture and government-backed research institute Riken said Thursday they have developed a testing method that can detect the new coronavirus in 30 minutes, far shorter than the six hours required with current tests.The Kanagawa Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Riken created the new diagnostic test in their joint research using samples from a passenger infected with the virus who had been aboard the Diamond Princess, a quarantined cruise ship near Tokyo."We would like (the test) to become available for public use as soon as possible," Kanagawa Gov. Yuji Kuroiwa said at…READ FULL ARTICLE