COVID-19 Testing: Gold nanoparticle-based test kit can give results within 10 minutes

In a press release, Dr Dipanjan Pan, the lead author of the study said that the test can probably detect viral RNA on day 1 of the infection. A group of researchers at the University of Maryland claim that they have developed a diagnostic test that can detect the COVID-19 causing virus within 10 minutes and the results will be visible with naked eyes. In a press release, Dr Dipanjan Pan, the lead author of the study and professor of diagnostic radiology and nuclear medicine and paediatrics at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, said that the test can probably detect viral RNA on day 1 of the infection. Dr Pan stated in the press release that he is going to have a meeting with the US FDA soon to get emergency use authorization for the test.