Gates-backed at-home COVID tests await approval as U.S. FDA OKs separate kit

Reuters India Saturday, 16 May 2020 ()
An at-home coronavirus testing project in Seattle backed in part by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation remains in limbo as U.S. regulators on Saturday announced approval of a separate home-based sample collection kit.
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News video: The FDA ordered an at-home coronavirus testing program funded by Bill Gates to stop testing until the agency gives approval

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ordered a coronavirus testing program in Seattle to stop working. The FDA said the Bill Gates-backed program must wait for additional approval from them. According to Business Insider, the program offered at-home testing kits to Seattle-area residents. The...