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FDA Authorizes COVID-19 Test for At-Home Sample Collection

April 23, 2020

The FDA has issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for LabCorp’s COVID-19 RT-PCR test to allow for home collection of samples.

The agency had previously authorized the test for emergency use but has reissued the EUA to allow patients to collect their own samples using nasal swabs.

Following self-swabbing, patients mail the samples in an insulated package to LabCorp for testing.

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