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We designed the primers and probes in ORF1ab and N gene of SARS-CoV-2. The amplicons could be monitored by lateral flow dipsticks (LFDs). The reaction temperature, time, concentrations of primers and probes, and working volume were optimized. Four commercial swab collection buffers were used to test the amplification efficacy of our assay without RNA extraction. Our assay was able to amplify duplex targets of SARS-CoV-2 in one single reaction using one-step RT-MIRA. The assay worked well in a low volume of 10 \u03bcl at 38\u00b0C for 20 min. Using three collection buffers without guanidinium, our assay was able to amplify efficaciously without RNA extraction. The 95% limit of detection (LoD) of the RT-MIRA assay was 49.5 (95% CI, 46.8\u201352.7) copies\/ml for ORF1ab gene and 48.8 (95% CI, 46.5\u201352.6) copies\/ml for N gene. There is no cross-reaction with other human respiratory pathogens, such as SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, influenza A virus, influenza B virus, human adenovirus, respiratory syncytial virus, human parainfluenza virus, and coronavirus 229E in our assay. The precision evaluation revealed that the C50<jats:bold>\u2212<\/jats:bold>20% to C50+20% range bounds the C5\u2013C95 interval. This assay also showed high anti-interference ability. The extraction-free RT-MIRA and qPCR detection results of 243 nucleic acid specimens from suspected patients or national references showed a 100.0% (95% confidence interval, 94.2%\u2013100.0%) positive predictive value and a 100.0% (95% confidence interval, 92.7%\u2013100.0%) negative predictive value. Compared with qPCR, the kappa value of the two assays was 1.00 (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.0001). 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