COVID-19 detector: Wearable ‘Fresh Air Clip' can detect virus, study finds - FOX 10 News Phoenix

Researchers at the Yale School of Public Health developed an easy-to-clip-on device that can help detect low levels of SARS-COV-2 and subsequently whether a person has been exposed. .

This allowed the researchers to detect the virus on the sampler to estimate airborne virus concentrations.

Image of Fresh Air Clip (Credit: Yale School of Public Health/Krystal Godri Pollitt).

"With this clip we can detect low levels of virus that are well below the estimated SARS-CoV-2 infectious dose," Krystal Godri Pollitt, an assistant professor of epidemiology at Yale, said in a press release.

In August, Opteev — a virus screening technology company — announced the launch of the first-ever plug-in screening device to detect airborne COVID-19 particles in indoor spaces. 

And while Fresh Air Clips are not yet available, researchers say its smaller size could prove to be a low-cost and easy way to detect the virus