Saliva tests are safer for general practice and reduce PPE use, GP leader says

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Saliva tests are safer for general practice and reduce PPE use, GP leader says

Martin
Johnston
Dr Erasmus Smit clinical virologist ESR
ESR clinical virologist Erasmus Smit says saliva testing must be validated, but this requires a large number of positive cases, which New Zealand doesn’t have
“If we can validate this new test and the test is available, I can see it as being a very powerful tool to manage this outbreak or any future outbreak