Japanâs Fujifilm says it can make new coronavirus variant detection kits in weeks By Syndicated Content
May 18, 2021 | 1:32 AM
TOKYO (Reuters) â A unit of Japanâs Fujifilm Holdings Corp said on Tuesday it can develop detection kits for new variants of the coronavirus in about a month, responding to concerns over the spread of more infectious strains of the virus.
Fujifilm Wako Pure Chemical Corp developed a kit that can identify the L452R variant, first identified in India and California and recently discovered in Tokyo. That adds to kits that can detect two other strains of the virus used by public health authorities as early warning systems for infection trends.
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TOKYO, May 18 (Reuters) - A unit of Japan s Fujifilm
Holdings Corp said on Tuesday it can develop detection
kits for new variants of the coronavirus in about a month,
responding to concerns over the spread of more infectious
strains of the virus.
Fujifilm Wako Pure Chemical Corp developed a kit that can
identify the L452R variant, first identified in India and
California and recently discovered in Tokyo. That adds to kits
that can detect two other strains of the virus used by public
health authorities as early warning systems for infection
trends. It s very important to control the mutant strains in the
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