Recently, there have been many new cases in various regions. Currently, PCR nucleic acid testing for COVID-19 diagnosis and investigation is still the gold standard, and the short-term sharp increase in the number of people awaiting testing is putting a heavy burden on existing medical institutions. Due to the strong transmission of Omicron this time, it is OK for Tier 1 and 2 cities to carry it, and PCR tests below Tier 3 and 4 cities are under certain pressure.
In this context, the Wuxi Market Supervision Administration held discussions on the development of home-based autonomous nucleic acid antigen testing products to strengthen the possibility of introducing home tests under extreme circumstances.
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Antigen testing may become an important supplementary means of domestic epidemic prevention and control
1. Incident stimulus: The outbreak was repeated. Yesterday, there were more than 400 new confirmed cases in Japan, and there were cases in cities in many regions. Among them, offline classes were suspended in Shanghai due to the epidemic. The COVID-19 epidemic may not disappear in the short term. In the medium to long term, the country has implemented a dynamic zero-out strategy to form a closed loop model by adding vaccinations, rapid nucleic acid testing to confirm patients, and then using medication.
2. Currently, there are three main methods of COVID-19 testing. Overseas COVID-19 testing is mainly antigen testing
　　1) Nucleic acid testing: The detection has high sensitivity and good specificity. It is currently...