The commissioner for the Food and Drug Administration announced that a new antibody test had been authorized for determining previous cases of COVID-19.

Commissioner Stephen Hahn announced on Thursday morning that the administration had granted laboratories the flexibility to start using a test that can determine whether someone was previously infected with the coronavirus and is now immune to catching the illness. He told CBS Radio that the tests are not formally FDA approved, but that the administration had cut restrictions to fast-track access to the tests.