ORLANDO, Fla. – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is raising a red flag about a type of rapid coronavirus test being used in Florida.
Abbott Laboratories’ “ID NOW Point-of-Care” rapid coronavirus tests is under investigation by the Food and Drug Administration after data suggested the 15-minute tests could miss COVID-19 cases, falsely clearing people with the virus.
FDA Commissioner Steve Hahn said Friday his agency has provided new guidance to the White House after data suggested that a rapid COVID-19 test used by President Donald Trump and others every day may provide inaccuracies and false negatives.
Hahn said that if a person is suspected of having the virus, “it might be worth, if the test is negative, getting a second confirmatory