COVID-19: Complete workflow for sampling, extraction and detection

COVID-19 is an acute respiratory disease with incubation periods estimated between 2-14 days. Based on its rapid spreading with more than 87,000 confirmed cases by the beginning of March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. Analytik Jena offers a complete workflow from sampling until the final detection of the virus. This application note provides detailed information for sampling, extraction and detection.