TORONTO: A Canada-based Pakistani doctor has introduced an instant COVID-19 diagnostic test using a smartphone.
High Commissioner for Pakistan to Canada Raza Bashir Tarar has congratulated Dr. Naqeeb Khalid who led the development of a smartphone-based diagnostic test for COVID-19.
In a video conversation with Dr Naqeeb Khalid, the diplomat lauded the idea of developing and diagnosing as COVID-19 diagnostic test being displayed and communicated by a smartphone.
He hoped that quick, hassle-free, accessible and affordable innovation would be of immense help to humanity in overcoming the current pandemic and fighting viruses causing tropical diseases such as dengue.
The Higher Commissioner hoped that clinical trials would prove their efficacy for the COVID-19 test and pave the way for necessary approvals before put to use at the mass level.
Dr Naqeeb Khalid said that his innovation is based on a digital platform that displays the result instantly on any smartphone and can also communicate or store the results along with time and GPS information.
He said the instant, accurate and low-cost testing that does not rely on laboratory testing is essential in containing the pandemic and along with vaccines can help control the COVID-19 outbreak and return our lives and economies to normal.
Dr Naqeeb Khalid graduated from King Edward Medical University in 1983 before gain experience in the invention of medical devices and systems, A smartphone App will be available for download soon.
