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Peru Company Approved to Sell COVID-19 Test Kits That Detect Variants

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   APeru-basedcompanysays ithas developed aCOVID-19 molecular test
   kitthatcan detect the variantsof the virusfound in the United Kingdom,
   South Africa, and Brazil.

   The director of BTSConsultoresResearch,MilagrosZavaletasaystheCavBiocan
   detect the variants in a swabsample butdoes notdistinguishthe type of
   variant.

   The low-cost COVID-19 test kitsbecame available forsaleafterDigemid,
   the government organizationthatoversees thesafe access tomedicines,
   authorized theBTSproduction plant to operate.

   The director of BTSsays the companyis in talks withclinics and
   laboratories to sell the kits, which could prove beneficial, withmore
   countries experiencing asecond wave ofCOVID-19 cases, includingvariants
   of the virus.

   Peru has confirmed more than 1,093,000 coronavirus cases and 39,608
   deaths, according to Johns Hopkins UniversityCOVID Resource Center.

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