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March 30, 2020Abbott Labs has announced a portable COVID-19 test that gives results in as little as five minutes. This is big news! And, for a change of pace, this is good news.
The Food and Drug Administration has issued an Emergency Use Authorization to medical device giant Abbott Labs on Friday for a five-minute coronavirus test that could be arriving to the nation’s urgent care clinics as early as next week.
In a press release, Abbott Labs characterized the device as “the fastest available molecular point-of-care test for the detection of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).” The Illinois-based manufacturer also said it expects the equipment to deliver up to 50,000 tests per day and will be ramping up manufacturing in the coming weeks, according to USA Today.
“I am pleased that the FDA authorized Abbott’s point-of-care test yesterday. This is big news and will help get more of these tests out in the field rapidly,” FDA Commissioner Steve Hahn said in a statement. “We know how important it is to get point-of-care tests out in the field quickly. These tests that can give results quickly can be a game changer in diagnosing COVID-19.”
American ingenuity and, yes, capitalism, is why I have every confidence we will make it through this COVID-19 virus and be stronger in the end. I rest in the knowledge that although this crisis is striking the entire world, I am in the best country in the world.
This confidence comes not from our government, but from our private industry. I say that while being so thankful that President Trump is in charge and not Hillary Clinton. President Trump has done a phenomenal job in the past couple weeks in aggressively and transparently handling this crisis.
Being able to quickly identify who has the virus and to be able to do it at many locations across the nation should help us to identify who to quarantine and slow the spread. This will aid us in collecting vastly more data. More data will allow us to make much more informed decisions regarding how to slow the spread and the true mortality rate of this disease.
Watch this video from Abbott Labs describing the product.
It is truly amazing how quickly American scientists have developed and will deploy this test.
