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Operation Breathing space

  • Posted By
    10Pointer
  • Categories
    Science & Technology
  • Published
    2nd Aug, 2020
  • Israeli and India with a multi-pronged mission, codenamed Operation Breathing Space to work with Indian authorities on the Covid-19 response.
  • India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Israel’s defence ministry research and development team are working together to develop four different kinds of rapid testing kit for Covid-19 which can give the result within 30 seconds.
  • The tests include an audio test, a breath test, thermal testing, and a polyamino test.
    • In the audio test, a patient’s voice would be recorded and evaluated through artificial intelligence and machine learning.
    • In the breath test the patient will blow into a tube that will detect the virus using terra-hertz (high frequency) waves.
    • Thermal testing will enable identification of the virus in a saliva sample.
    • Polyamino acids test seeks to isolate proteins related to Covid-19.
  • The team has also brought 83 advanced respirators to help patients with severe symptoms

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