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The Department of Medical Science is seeking FDA approval for two types of Covid-19 tests known as LAMP and CRISPR. Reports say the tests are quick and just as precise as the RT-PCR test, which is the primary test being used in Thailand to confirm Covid-19 infections. Officials are also looking into using “machine based assay” or “MBA” antigen testing at land border checkpoints. The director-general of the Department of Medical Sciences, Supakit Sirilak, shared that Covid-19 testing technology is continuously being developed. He told Thai media that the department has submitted a recommendation for the use of new testing […]

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I don't like the sound of this. Is the end game to do more testing in the future? At this stage of the game. That's not going to be helpful to anyone - especially the economy - at this stage of the pandemic (especially if you are hoping to treat it as endemic, and pull the country out of this morass).

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