Funding awarded to develop Covid-19 test with results in under an hour

File photo of Covid-19 testing in Croke Park

A Dublin medical technology firm and researchers at Queens’ University in Belfast are part of an international group awarded almost €1 million in EU funding to develop a Covid-19 test that will deliver results in less than 60 minutes.

Hibergene Diagnostics Ltd and Queen’s University are partnering with a medical technology company in China, Medcaptain, and a hospital in Italy, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, in a new €930,000 research project funded under the European Union Horizon 2020 programme.