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Here’s How the PCR Test Works to Detect COVID-19

VIVA – There are several tests or tests that can be done, to find out if someone is exposed to virus COVID-19 or not, The most commonly known today is polymerase chain reaction or test PCR.

This type of examination uses a sample of mucus from the throat or nose, because in these two places the virus usually grows by replicating.

An active virus will have Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) or Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) molecules. In COVID-19, the genetic material is RNA, which will be amplified so that it can be detected.

The CEO of Daewoong Pharmaceutical Company Indonesia, Sengho Jeon said that the test kit Real Time Their PCR or RT-PCR, namely AccuraDtect, will identify the RdRp, E and N2 biomarkers, then process them into results within four hours.

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