The at-home test has come on the market as a third surge of coronavirus infections has spread across the country.
The Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency use authorization to Viracor Eurofins, a clinical diagnostics lab in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, for an at-home, self-administered COVID-19 test.
The process is simple and uses a nasal swab that looks like a Q-tip to rub the inside of each nostril three times. The sample is then sent to a Viracor lab, which emails the results within 24 hours of receipt.