Covid-19 home test kit. This is a swab test that will detect if an individual is infected with the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 at the time the swabs are taken. SARS-CoV-2 causes a respiratory infection (Covid-19) that can lead to fatal pneumonia. The virus emerged in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and spread worldwide infecting millions of people and causing hundreds of thousands of deaths. This test is part of the UK Department of Health and Social Care research into SARS-CoV-2. Tests are sent to random individuals to ascertain the level of Covid-19 infection in the general population.