A medical equipment and health care company, Abbott, claims that its new method will be capable of delivering as many as 50,000 tests per day and some 5 million tests per month.
Abbott announced on Friday that it had received authorisation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a new test that allegedly takes “as little as five minutes” to detect the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
The company claimed in a Friday press release that its new test is “the fastest available molecular point-of-care test” taking only five minutes to deliver a positive result and 13 minutes to deliver a negative result.
According to the company’s statement, the new method will be capable of delivering some 50,000 tests per day and around 5 million tests per month.
The company said it planned to start deploying its point-of-care ID NOW testing platforms to coronavirus hotspots in the country by next week.
The news comes as the United States has become the world’s most-affected country in the pandemic, with over 104,000 cases along with at least 1,500 deaths.
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