Abbott says new data on rapid coronavirus test used in White House shows high accuracy

Abbott's data has so far shown that the test, which can be used at the point of care and produces results in minutes, finds positive cases of COVID-19 nearly 95% of the time when compared with two other tests performed in laboratories.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said last week that Abbott's speedy coronavirus diagnostic test could potentially be inaccurate.The regulator said early data about the Abbott ID Now test suggested it may sometimes fail to detect the illness.