Edmonton International Airport is running with a local company in a pilot program for a new COVID-19 that, according to the company, can produce effects in seconds.
The EIA stated that it had been decided as an exclusive location to host clinical trials of a coronavirus control that uses a user’s saliva pattern and produces a positive or negative result in less than a minute.
The airport expects immediate verification to meet the need for a 14-day quarantine period, which is lately in position for any traveler entering the country from Canada.
“We all need to get back to the general and a quick COVID-19 verification will drive this return while strengthening passenger confidence in protecting our industry,” EIA and CEP President Tom Ruth said in a press release Thursday.
The airport is running with GLC Medical Inc. , in the Edmonton Research Park, on the test, which does not yet have a scheduled start date. , after having left one or any of the flights.
The EIA stated that the objective is to ensure the protection and safety of passengers.
“The confidence to travel, the comfort, right? People’s convenience for travel,” said Myron Keehn, vice president of air service and business progression at EIA.
“Airlines are asking around the world and around the world for fast COVID testing, not laboratory, to provide comfort and open up the economy. And it must be done on a global scale, but each and every domain has a role to play in that. So we hope it will be a tool of this set of tools that we can use ».
The medical company said that its saliva control is still being clinically controlled as a component of the regulatory approval process, but that initial testing is promising. The way it works is that the user being reviewed supplies a saliva pattern in a control unit. The unit then joins the complex protein of the virus, the company said.
In one minute, the device will display a soft red or green color to indicate if the user is virus-free. GLC Medical stated that verification wanted to be administered by a health care professional.
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“We are excited to offer an immediate advanced graphene solution for COVID-19 virus detection globally,” Donna Mandau, executive director of GLC Medical, said in a press release.
“The opportunity to paint with EIA, a world-renowned airport authority, to allow and reunite families is very rewarding for us.
Last week, the B. C. The Provincial Health Officer announced that the province is introducing a new washing/gargle control for others over the age of 4 to 18.
Dr. Bonnie Henry said the check is to clean and gargle with a sterile saltwater solution and then spit it into a sampling tube. The plan is to make the new check available to everyone.
Alberta Medical Director of Health was asked about saliva control at a COVID-19 briefing last week and said the Alberta Department of Health was working with the lab on features such as mouthwash and automatic saliva sample.
“There are other elements that you want to put in position before they can be widely used,” dr. Deena Hinshaw on September 18th.
“We want to make sure that this method adapts to the way our lab performs the tests. We need to make sure we have good enough collection containers, all those other parts because, of course, all the appliances and infrastructure that are running with a new sampling method has to be validated to make sure it provides an accurate result. and that the paintings are underway in Alberta, however, I have a timetable for when I could move forward.
The EIA indicated that the next step is to take the company to the airport and identify a secure control site. The clinical trial is expected to begin at the airport this fall and last for several weeks.
GLC Medical hopes to download regulatory approval for the new year.
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said she understood the development of immediate coronavirus testing, but warned that any federal intervention to help speed up the approval procedure may result in some of the “dangerous consequences” observed in other parts of the world.
“I’m pretty sure I can say that no one in Canada is more excited about taking quick exams in our country and no one who feels the need to do it more urgently,” Freeland said.
“That said, I think it is also very important for us to appreciate how valuable it is to live in a country where we respect the independence of our regulatory authorities. “
At the end of July, corporate global credit score DBRS Ltd. suggested that EIA passenger volumes would not return to prepandemic levels until 2024.