This article provides information on a finger stick blood test that may help determine if an upper respiratory infection is bacterial or caused by a virus. The test is not yet available in Canada. The article may be of interest to decision-makers looking for quicker ways to diagnose coronavirus. It references four clinical studies but does not provide an appraisal of the evidence.

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