Coronavirus in the US: FDA allows first at-home rapid test

  • par Laura Grandis
  • dans Médecine
  • — Nov 18, 2020
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The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized the first rapid coronavirus test that users can take at home and get their results within minutes.

The "All-In-One" single-use test kit by Lucira Health, Inc.is the latest nasal-swab test to be granted emergency use authorization but marks a significant development in at-home testing as companies have raced toward getting an accurate, consumer-friendly diagnostic test to market.

"We look forward to proactively working with test developers to support the availability of more at-home test options", said Jeff Shuren, the director of the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health.


To date, the agency has authorized almost 300 tests for the coronavirus. "The company's website says the test is 'intended to cost less than $50'". The test, Lucira COVID-19 All-In-One Test Kit, is a molecular single-use test created to detect SARS-CoV-2, which is the virus that causes COVID-19. "In 30 minutes or less, the results can be read directly from the test unit's light-up display that shows whether a person is positive or negative for the SARS-CoV-2 virus".

The kit can also be used at hospitals and point-of-care settings but samples should be collected by a healthcare provider if the individuals who are tested are younger than 14 years, the health regulator said.

The test by Lucira, which was developing an at-home influenza test kit before the pandemic, met the agency's burden for ease of use.

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