FDA Authorizes Emergency Use of Antigen Test for COVID-19

A man gets tested for the CCP virus at a testing center in Austin, Texas, on July 7, 2020. Sergio Flores/Getty Images

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the emergency use of the first antigen test for COVID-19, it announced in a news release on Wednesday.

The FDA stated that the test will be administrated onto a card, and works similar to pregnancy tests, in which results can be seen on the testing card itself. It is an easy and simple test that can be administered to anyone and will not require the use of an analyzer.