https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/uploads/2020/09/14/post_main_cover_fit//32a3c91113083f325c17d34640c08a933c201b7f.jpg

Qatar launches new saliva-based Covid-19 test for children

14 Sep 2020, 11:16

Doha: The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) has announced that Qatar has become one of the first countries in the world to launch of a new saliva-based COVID-19 test for all children who require a COVID-19 test.

- The saliva-based test is less intrusive for children as it does not require a swab to be inserted into the nose and back of the throat like the current standard swab.

- Saliva tests can be easily completed by transferring saliva from the mouth into a sample pot.

- Studies around the world have been looking at the use of saliva only swabs and the results have confirmed their effectiveness

Read also

In the last six months of shock, adaptation and learning have been experienced globally, education has had to overhaul some of the most fundamental norms of its existence. For many reasons, education has been reliably constant but predictably slow to change.

The Qatari Forum for Authors discussed remotely the importance of psychological preparation for returning to school under exceptional circumstances on the occasion of the start of the new academic year 2020-21.

https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/uploads/2020/09/14/template_small_cover/d220facef76f7575a05c50ccf8d0d8aff79b125f.png

Projects Affairs Director at the Public Works Authority (Ashghal), Eng. Youssef Al Emadi, has said that 98 percent main roads serving 2022 FIFA World Cup stadiums have been completed.