The US Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it has authorized the first at-home coronavirus diagnostic test that allows people to collect their own samples and mail them to a lab, the Post reports. The FDA granted an emergency use authorization to LabCorp, which plans to make its Pixel by LabCorp COVID-19 Test home collection kits available in most states, with a doctor’s order, in the next few weeks.
“Throughout this pandemic we have been facilitating test development to ensure patients access to accurate diagnostics, which includes supporting the development of reliable and accurate at-home sample collection options,” FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn said in a statement.
Users will be able to collect a sample from their nose using the kit, which will include Q-tip-style cotton swabs and saline, and mail it to LabCorp for testing, according to the announcement. Read more.
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