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The Fox News Rundown

Evening Edition: A New COVID-19 Breathalyzer Could Replace Swab Test

The Fox News Rundown

FOX News Podcasts

Politics, Daily News, News

3.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2020

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

A partnership between the United States Air Force, Texas A&M University and Dallas based Worlds Inc. is seeking an authorization of prototype COVID-19 breathalyzer test. The device could replace the uncomfortable swabbing of a PCR test with equal accuracy and looks to expedite testing at hospitals, the workplace, airports and more. FOX’s Trey Yingst speaks with FOX's Grady Trimble about the new device and some of the benefits that could come from it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I'm Harris Faulkner.

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I'm Greg Gutfeld, and this is the Fox News rundown

0:39.1

Friday December 4th 2020. I'm Trey Yink. A new device could make COVID-19 testing much easier and faster.

0:47.0

With this technology, nobody needs to do the swab either, so it's actually safer for medical workers because they don't have to expose themselves

0:55.9

as closely to a potential COVID patient.

0:59.3

This is the Fox News rundown, evening edition. Most people getting tested for coronavirus will take a PCR test.

1:10.0

This involves having a long swab put up both nostrils and down the throat.

1:15.0

Texas A&M, along with the US Air Force, have developed a COVID-19 breathalyzer that could make the

1:20.7

traditional PCR test a thing of the past.

1:23.4

This company in Dallas called World Inc developed this technology that essentially

1:28.3

a breathalyzer.

1:29.3

This is Fox News and Fox Business correspondent Grady Trimble.

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