White House says Covid-19 home-testing market on track to quadruple by year's end

The White House will announce Wednesday that the nation’s supply of at-home Covid-19 tests is on track to triple by early November, driven by recent government investments and the FDA’s emergency authorization of a test from ACON Laboratories

A health care worker processes people waiting in line at a United Memorial Medical Center Covid-19 testing site Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, in Houston. | .

The new investment builds on $2 billion the administration is using to boost production of a number of different Covid-19 tests from manufacturers including Abbott, OraSure Technologies, Quidel and Intrivo. The White House ultimately hopes to have 30,000 free testing sites running nationwide, including community-based testing locations.that certain lots of Ellume’s at-home test is prone to potential false positive results due to a manufacturing issue.

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