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Breath test for corona:Swedish scientists made 2 new devices, in which the infection will be detected only by coughing 3 times

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  At present, RT-PCR test and rapid antigen test are used for corona test.  But recently Swedish scientists have told in a new study that corona infection can also be detected by doing a breath test. study like this In the research, samples were collected in three ways to test the corona in the breath. The study has been published in the journal Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses.  This has been done by researchers from the University of Gothenburg. Devices named Particles in Exhaled Air (PExA) and BreathExplore (BE) were developed for the research. Corona samples were collected in three ways in the study. In the first method, the people involved in the research inhaled and exhaled 20 times.  In the second method, it was stopped for a while by leaving a long deep breath.  In the third method, the device was coughed up three times. Study results The best results of a breath test are obtained by coughing into the device. Scientists found that coughing into the device gave the best r