There's a new test for COVID-19 could provide results in hours instead of days.
The FDA gave the first emergency use authorization for a point-of-care test known as the Cepheid Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 test.
The annuncement was made Saturday afternoon as the nation and world fight to slow the spread of the Coronavirus.
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“The test we’re authorizing today will be able to provide Americans with results within hours, rather than days like the existing tests, and the company plans to roll it out by March 30, which is an incredibly rapid timeline for such an effort. With new tools like point-of-care diagnostics, we are moving into a new phase of testing, where tests will be much more easily accessible to Americans who need them,” said HHS Secretary Alex Azar.
“With the development of point of care diagnostics, Americans who need tests will be able to get results faster than ever before. More and more options for reliable, convenient testing are becoming available at an incredibly rapid pace, thanks to the hard work of our FDA team and the ingenuity of American industry.”
Rollout of the testing is expected to begin by March 30.
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