Table 1.

Present COVID-19 Test Procedures

Mode of Detection	Detection Methods
Culture-based detection	Virus propagation in cell lines
Radiology based technology	X-Ray Chest Computed Tomography
Molecular technology	Real-Time RT-PCR Isothermal amplification CRISPR-Cas technology Lab-on-chip
Immunoassay technology	ELISA Neutralization assay Chemiluminescent assay Lateral Flow Assay Dip-stick
Technology under development	Aptamer Molecular imprinting technology (MIT) Microarray Biosensors MALDI-TOF profiling
Sequencing technologies	Sanger-sequencing Next-generation sequencing Nanopore sequencing