There's still a big gap between what the federal government is promising in terms of testing capacity in the U.S. and what state and local labs can deliver.
Two big commercial labs, Quest Diagnostics and LabCorp, have announced they have geared up to run tests. But if you are in the hospital or in precarious health, your doctor may not want to wait several days to get an answer from these labs. .
Another testing company, Qiagen, is also trying to fast-track a rapid test. This company, headquartered in Germany, already sells a test that can analyze a nose or throat swab and look for 20 different viruses and microbes that can cause flu symptoms. Company CEOtells NPR that shortly after the coronavirus appeared, the company started working to add the new coronavirus to this panel of respiratory tests.
In order to validate the test, Qiagen sent some of these kits to China to run them on people known to be sick with the novel coronavirus. With that data now in hand, Bernard says, the company has submitted an application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to use the test commercially. He hopes to get a thumbs-up sometime this month. The test costs about $100 per run, he says.
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