Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) named by the WHO as a result of the global public health emergency. COVID-19 is caused by a new coronavirus named as novel coronavirus (2019-nCOV). From the first case reported in December 2019 it is now a pandemic situation and a major public health emergency. The COVID-19 transmission rate is very high, infecting two to three persons on average with contact to an already infected person. There is a need for the health system, specially in developing countries such as in Pakistan, to combat such a novel disease by rapid, accurate, and high quality diagnostic testing in order to screen suspected cases and also surveillance of the disease. A rapid, accurate and low-cost diagnostic point-of-care device is needed for timely diagnosis of COVID-19 and is essential to combat such outbreaks for compelling preventive measures against the disease spread. This review is to highlight the importance of point-of-care diagnostics device for robust and accurate diagnosis of COVID-19 in physician offices and other urgent healthcare-type settings and encourage academics and stake holders towards advancement in order to control outbreaks and develop the public health surveillance system.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, 2019 novel coronavirus, Polymerase chain reaction (PCR), LAMP assay, Point of care diagnostics (PoC), 【초록키워드】 public health, Coronavirus disease 2019, pandemic, diagnostic, diagnostics, Novel coronavirus, Spread, point-of-care, Surveillance, outbreak, public health emergency, health system, disease, New coronavirus, Contact, COVID-19 transmission, preventive measure, global public health, average, infecting, country, highlight, robust, develop, caused, reported, the disease, the WHO, diagnosis of COVID-19, 【제목키워드】 review, point of care, SARS-coronavirus, road, detect,