One step further towards rapid Covid-19 testing. The St. Gallen-based company Home Sampling now offers a coronavirus test that can be done at home. The procedure is simple and causes no discomfort: the person takes a sample of their own saliva at home, sends the sample by post and gets the result on the very day it arrives at the laboratory. Unlike the swab taken from the back of the nose and throat, the saliva self-test is neither painful nor unpleasant. It is also more bearable for children.
An effective method which nevertheless requires a medical prescription and the test has to be obtained from pharmacies. A procedure that could also encourage the Swiss to get tested more often.