The FDA has approved a rapid COVID-19 test that gives results in 45 minutes, a big improvement over current testing, which takes at least 24 hours for results.
March 23, 2020 -- The FDA has approved a rapid COVID-19 test that gives results in 45 minutes. That's a big improvement over current testing, which takes at least 24 hours for results.
The company says that hospitals and labs that now use Cepheid's equipment -- called"GeneXpert" systems -- can run the rapid tests. In the new rapid method, the doctor then transfers your sample into a special cartridge. The cartridge already has agents in it that test for SARS-CoV-2 -- the scientific name of thethat causes COVID-19. The doctor places the cartridge into the GeneXpert system, which can test up to 80 samples at a time.
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