The FDA has approved a breath test to detect covid-19. The tests are quick but do require machinery. Probably more comfortable than the nose swab test for most.
The Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization to the first Covid-19 test that can detect the coronavirus in a breath sample, within a few minutes and with a high degree of accuracy, the agency said Thursday.
The InspectIR Covid-19 Breathalyzer, which is about the size of a piece of carry-on luggage, can produce results in less than three minutes and can be used in doctor’s offices, hospitals and mobile testing sites by trained operators. A single machine can analyze about 160 samples per day.
That sounds good. (But I can’t help wondering how the woman in the pic is breathing into a bag while wearing a mask
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