The causative agent of the ongoing pandemic, the SARS-CoV-2, is a viral particle with a diameter between 50–200 nanometers and a simple architecture consisting essentially of four structural proteins. The nucleocapsid (N) protein holds the viral RNA together inside the particle. The spike protein (S), envelope (E), and membrane (M) proteins form the viral envelope that protects the genetic material \cite{Chang_2014}.  Currently, most COVID-19 testing is performed using viral RNA extraction followed by RT-qPCR to amplify the genes of some of the above-mentioned proteins \cite{Chu_2020,Corman_2020}.