The FDA Gave the Greenlight to the First At-Home Coronavirus Test

Here’s what you should know about it

Emily Mullin
Medium Coronavirus Blog
3 min readApr 21, 2020

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You may soon be able to learn if you’re infected with the new coronavirus without leaving your home. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized the first at-home coronavirus collection test.

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Emily Mullin
Medium Coronavirus Blog

Former staff writer at Medium, where I covered biotech, genetics, and Covid-19 for OneZero, Future Human, Elemental, and the Coronavirus Blog.