FDA Issues First Emergency Use Authorization For COVID-19 Pool Testing

BALTIMORE (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration on Saturday announced it has issued an emergency use authorization that allows the laboratory Quest Diagnostics to pool samples from up to four individuals to test for COVID-19.
This is the first COVID-19 diagnostic test in the United States to be authorized for use with pooled samples, the agency said in a statement.
“This EUA for sample pooling is an important step forward in getting more COVID-19 tests to more Americans more qu