CORONAVIRUS | The test's developer, Cepheid, says the Covid-19 test will be used in hospitals and emergency rooms.
| The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first rapid coronavirus diagnostic test, with a detection time of about 45 minutes, as the US struggles to meet the demand for coronavirus testing.
The FDA confirmed its approval in a separate statement. It said the company intends to roll out the availability of its testing by March 30. "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," US Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar said on Saturday.
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