FDA denies approving any serological testing kits that detect coronavirus

Published March 31, 2020 5:28pm ET



The Food and Drug Administration denied that it has approved any serology tests, even in an emergency fashion, for the coronavirus.

A press release posted Tuesday online from a supposed company called Bodysphere Inc. claimed it had received emergency approval from the FDA for a new kind of testing kit that would allow patients to receive results in as few as two minutes.

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