FDA approves the first rapid Corona virus test

https://www.cepheid.com/coronavirus

FDA approves the first rapid Corona virus test that takes 45 min for the result to come back. This test is by company called Cepheild. This is a huge step up from 4 days it was taking just 2 weeks ago. When a test takes 4 days and you have a huge volume of people waiting to be triage, the hospital will get crippled by volume. Now if this this can be done in the hospital, just like flu/RSV testing, then it would be a game changer. If we still have to send test out to a company and wait for the result to come back next day, that’s not much improved that where we currently are where we get test result back within 1-2 days.