The guidelines allow companies to develop and market testing kits with the tools to swab their noses and mail the specimens to any lab in the country. The FDA acted after it extensively reviewed studies determining the viability of self-collected samples that spent three days in a dry plastic tube and the accuracy of the testing method. “Soon people should be able to get access to testing swabs just about anywhere and drop their samples in the mail,” Bill Gates said. “The only way to get our arms around this pandemic is to enable millions of people to get tested,” he said. “Widespread home testing would be a game-changer, but the logistics of this are going to be a huge challenge,” she said.

Source: bd News24 May 08, 2020 12:00 UTC