Canada Funds Development of COVID-19 ‘Lab-in-a-Box’

Canada Funds Development of COVID-19 ‘Lab-in-a-Box’
This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (orange)—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19. NIAID-RML via AP
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OTTAWA—Canadian researchers are developing a “lab−in−a−box” that could make it cheaper and faster to diagnose cases of the novel coronavirus, particularly in remote areas of the world.

The project received $1 million from the International Development Research Centre as part of the $27 million in coronavirus research the federal government announced Friday.