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A label-free rapid electrochemical point-of-care (POC) biosensor for SARS-CoV-2 detection in human saliva is reported here to help address the shortcomings of traditional nucleic acid amplification methods and give a quantitative assessment of the viral load to track infection status anywhere, using disposable electrochemical sensor chips. A new chemical construct of gold nanoparticles (GNp) and thionine (Th) are immobilized on carboxylic acid functionalized carbon nanotubes (SWCNT-COOH) for high-performance biosensing. The sensor uses saliva with a one-step pretreatment and simple testing procedure as an analytical medium due to the user-friendly and non-invasive nature of its procurement from patients. The sensor has a response time of 5 min with a limit of detection (LOD) reaching 200 and 500 pM for the freely suspended spike (S) protein in phosphate buffer saline (PBS) and human saliva, respectively. The sensor\u2019s performance was also proven for detecting a COVID-19 pseudovirus in an electrolyte solution with a LOD of 106 copies\/mL. 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