According to the article, this is based on "Crispr gene-editing" technologies. I am no gene-specialist, but apparently it "latches on to a set of letters of a gene carrying the signature of the novel coronavirus, highlights it [with] two blue lines [to] indicate a positive result".

I feel like none of that sounds like it's got much to do with gene editing? CRISPR itself is just a system of DNA, right, but in itself has not got much to do with gene editing?