News: HHS is purchasing the ID NOW COVID-19 rapid point-of-care test for state, territorial and tribal public health labs. Read more:
"Getting rapid tests to state, local and tribal public health departments will give them a new tool to protect key populations, such as healthcare workers, and slow the spread," said HHS Secretary Alex Azar."Defeating the invisible enemy requires continuously expanding our testing abilities.
HHS is providing these tests and devices to public health labs in every state and territory, and Washington, D.C. To ensure that remote and rural populations are also being reached, the Indian Health Service will receive tests and devices to distribute to selected IHS and tribal locations. Additionally, HHS is procuring ID NOW COVID-19 tests and devices for the Strategic National Stockpile .
Abbott is producing 50,000 ID NOW COVID-19 rapid point-of-care tests per day to supply the commercial market. The, operated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will procure additional tests each week to support requests from PHLs. The test devices will begin arriving at PHLs as early as Monday, April 6. Test resupply for the state health labs will be routed through the IRR.
"This type of rapid, point-of-care test is a critical component of our overall national strategy for testing. It is a special resource that we will prioritize for vulnerable patients whose treatment or isolation require a rapid determination of COVID-19 status, or for outbreak investigations where an immediate result is essential," said Assistant Secretary for Health ADM Brett P. Giroir, M.D.
On March 27, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted an Emergency Use Authorization to Abbott Diagnostics Scarborough Inc. for their ID NOW COVID-19 diagnostic platform for detection of SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA in nasal, nasopharyngeal or throat swabs.
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