Rakuten starts sells testing kits, Sharp face masks in fighting virus

E-commerce giant Rakuten Inc. said Monday it has started selling coronavirus testing kits to businesses and Sharp Corp. said it will sell face masks, joining other major companies in combating the rapid spread of the novel virus.Rakuten said the self-assessment kit developed by genetic analysis firm Genesis Healthcare Co., to be sold to companies in Tokyo and four neighboring prefectures, is for people who suspect they have the pneumonia-causing disease but are asymptomatic.The kit's polymerase chain reaction test will determine whether a nose swab sample contains the RNA sequences specific…READ FULL ARTICLE