1 What is the purpose of the PCR technique in Covid testing?O to detect presence of Covid RNA in sampleO to separate different strands by length and determine RNA sequenceO to amplify the limited sampleO to determine the sequence of nucleotides in the RNA for positive identification of thevirus

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