The US Food and Drug Administration (Food and Drug Administration or simply FDA) issued on Friday an emergency license need for a product that can test people without symptoms of covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
This authorization, which is the first for this type of test aims to allow everyone from a test for covid-19 even if there are no symptoms of the disease.
The test is a real-time PCR test and he managed to get an emergency permit. The test is being developed by LabCorp and was initially licensed by the FDA in mid-March for use only by people suspected of having covid-19.
However, this reissued license allows LabCorp's product to be used for testing by anyone. The FDA said it expanded the use of LabCorp's test after the company provided data demonstrating the ability of the test to detect SARS-CoV-2 in a general, asymptomatic population.
According to the FDA, the data provided by LabCorp confirms that the test is as accurate when useswith the asymptomatic population as well as among people suspected of having covid-19.
