This eye scan can detect COVID-19 in three minutesThe app could usher in a new era of testingwith a hit rate of 95%Location: Munich, GermanyIt scans people’s eyes to evaluate “pink eye”and identify disease carriers(SOUNDBITE) (German) SEMIC RF MANAGING DIRECTOR, WOLFGANG GRUBER, SAYING: “Specialists realized that there is a connection between COVID-19 and the so-called “pink eye syndrome”. That is the pink coloring in the sclera – which is what we are investigating here. That is, the white around the pupil, not the iris – these are often mixed up – but the sclera. And we managed to isolate the pink color of COVID-19 from over two million different pink shades and put this in the app.”Semic RF hopes for a U.S. roll out in May 2021pending regulatory approval

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