From the very beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the lack of adequate testing capacity has bedeviled developing countries attempts to contain COVID-19. The most important type of testing for COVID-19 is PCR testing, a complicated process that requires skilled staff to administer the test, complex reagents to extract viral DNA from a sample, and lab … Continue reading "Cheap, Fast and Accurate Enough: The Development of COVID-19 Tests in the Developing World"