Rapid COVID-19 Test Gets Emergency-Use Authorization From FDA

By: KDKA-TV News Staff
WASHINGTON (KDKA) – The Food & Drug Administration has granted a rapid COVID-19 test emergency-use authorization.The test is an antigen “card” test, made by Abbott, and it can detect the virus in 15 minutes.Studies have shown the test can correctly identify positive cases 97% of the time and has an accurate-negative reading 98% of the time.According to Abbott, the test is the size of a credit card and will cost only $5.