Detection of sars-cov-2 in a plurality of biological samples

A method for a detection of SARS-CoV-2 in a plurality of biological samples of living beings, comprising:

• (1) providing at least one biological sample S1 of a first living being, said sample S1 is suspected of containing SARS-CoV-2 and/or SARS-CoV-2 derived material;
• (2) providing at least one biological sample S2 of at least a second living being, said sample is suspected of containing SARS-CoV-2 and/or SARS-CoV-2 derived material;
• (3) pooling at least an aliquot of said at least one biological sample S1 and at least an aliquot of said at least one biological sample S2 to obtain a pool sample SP;
• (4) testing the pool sample SP for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 and/or SARS-CoV-2 derived material;
• and
• (5) qualifying said first living being and said at least second living being as SARS-CoV-2 negative when no SARS-CoV-2 and/or SARS-CoV-2 derived material is detected in the pool sample SP in said (4) testing above;
• or
• testing sample S1 and sample S2 individually for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 and/or SARS-CoV-2 derived material when SARS-CoV-2 and/or SARS-CoV-2 derived material is detected in the pool sample SP in said (4) testing above.