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Nov. 18 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an emergency authorization for the first rapid coronavirus test that can be administered at home.The agency announced the authorization for the all-in-one test kit late Tuesday in response to a request by Kelly Lewis Brezoczky of Lucira Health, the California-based company that developed the test....While there have been other products approved for collecting samples at home, the Lucira product is the first to be fully self-administered and to provide results without a physician's assistance.The company's website said the test is intended to cost under $50 and is designed to provide results within 30 minutes.