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For patients with symptoms of Coronavirus such as fever, cough and shortness of breath, the Standard Q COVID-19 Ag rapid diagnostic test kit can be used to rule out the disease. All patients with suspected exposure to Coronavirus must be tested using Standard M n-Cov test kit on selected PCR devices or Standard Q COVID-19 Ag kit.

The Standard Q COVID-19 IgM/IgG Duo kit is an antibody test kit suitable for use on convalescing patients who had been exposed to the virus and have recovered.

Only patients who might have been infected by the Coronavirus but now test negative on the Standard M nCoV RT-PCR kit or Standard Q COVID-19 Ag kit, should be tested using the Standard Q COVID-19 IgG/IgM duo kit to confirm release from quarantine 96 wells of the Standard M nCoV kit tests 42 patients due to the controls required to be conducted alongside the test. The Standard M nCoV requires cold chain to be shipped to locations where they are needed Standard Q COVID-19 IgG/IgM Duo kit would be most relevant in populations where infected patients have been quarantined, have recently recovered, and need to be tested for release from quarantine.