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The Kiwi microbiologist behind Covid saliva swab

Saliva test said to be as accurate as nasal swab, but NZ apparently not interested.

Julie Iles Sun, 23 Aug 2020

A Kiwi researcher at Yale has surpassed an enormous hurdle in getting her Covid saliva analysis FDA-approved in America - yet of the 84 countries inquiring about using the technique, her home country is not one of them. 

Dr Anne Wyllie's research found a saliva swab can be as accurate to the far

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