‘Historic moment’: Company plans to produce millions of 5-minute coronavirus tests
(Worthy News) – A company heralded by President Trump in the fight against the coronavirus says it plans to start mass-producing rapid COVID-19 tests this week.
The company, Abbott, is based in Illinois but will be producing the tests in Maine. The tests are based off of Abbott’s prior work on rapid influenza tests and are designed to give a positive result within five minutes and a negative result within 15 minutes.
“This is really an historic moment,” Norman Moore, a scientific affairs director for Abbott, told the Portland Press Herald. “The feeling that we have being able to make these tests this quickly is quite amazing.” [ Source: Washington Examiner (Read More…) ]
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