FDA authorizes first at-home coronavirus sample-collection kit for testing

Published April 21, 2020 11:18am ET



The Trump administration has approved the first at-home COVID-19 virus sample-collection kits as states push for more testing that could lead up to getting local economies to reopen.

The Food and Drug Administration said this week it had reissued an Emergency Use Authorization to allow people to collect a sample at home using LabCorp’s coronavirus test, known as “Pixel.”

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