Consumers warned to check home corona tests against approved list
3 years, 8 months ago

Consumers warned to check home corona tests against approved list

Dutch News  

Health inspectors have received dozens of reports of unlicensed coronavirus test kits being sold online and over the counter in shops. In other cases tests are advertised as ‘approved by the RIVM’, even though the public health agency does not have a certification system. ‘Some shops have stopped selling the tests as a result, or make clear on their website that the fast tests are only available to health professionals.’ Epidemiologist Amrish Baidjoe said there was little difference in quality between the six tests on sale, all of which have been vetted by the RIVM. Anyone who gets a positive result is supposed to contact their local health board for a PCR test, but false negative results are also a risk, Baidjoe warned. ‘The tests can play a major role in the corona pandemic, but there are still many questions.’

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If exposed to the coronavirus, take 3 home tests to boost accuracy, FDA now says
2 years, 4 months ago

If exposed to the coronavirus, take 3 home tests to boost accuracy, FDA now says

LA Times  

Boxes of rapid coronavirus tests are displayed for sale at a drugstore. People screening themselves at home should use three tests to more accurately detect the virus, according to new FDA recommendations. If you were exposed to the coronavirus, take three home tests instead of two to make sure you’re not infected, according to new U.S. recommendations released Thursday. But …

Self-tests without Covid symptoms often inaccurate: study
2 years, 5 months ago

Self-tests without Covid symptoms often inaccurate: study

NL Times  

During the period when the Omicron variant of the coronavirus was dominant, the accuracy of three commercially available self-tests was low for people without coronavirus symptoms. A large group of Dutch researchers examined three commercially available and often-used coronavirus self-tests from Acon Labs, MP Biomedicals, and Siemens-Healthineers on more than 3,600 people without coronavirus symptoms. They then received one of …

Self-test kits OK'd for earlier detection
2 years, 9 months ago

Self-test kits OK'd for earlier detection

China Daily  

An employee counts disposable swabs while packaging COVID-19 rapid antigen test kits in Hong Kong, South China, on March 3, 2022. In two separate notices, issued on Friday and Saturday, the National Medical Products Administration allowed five companies－Beijing Savant Biotechnology, Nanjing Vazyme Biotech, Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech, Beijing Jinwofu Bioengineering Technology and Shenzhen-based BGI PathoGenesis Pharmaceutical Technology－to revise its COVID-19 antigen …

Self-test kits OK'd for earlier detection
2 years, 9 months ago

Self-test kits OK'd for earlier detection

China Daily  

An employee counts disposable swabs while packaging COVID-19 rapid antigen test kits in Hong Kong, South China, on March 3, 2022. In two separate notices, issued on Friday and Saturday, the National Medical Products Administration allowed five companies－Beijing Savant Biotechnology, Nanjing Vazyme Biotech, Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech, Beijing Jinwofu Bioengineering Technology and Shenzhen-based BGI PathoGenesis Pharmaceutical Technology－to revise its COVID-19 antigen …

Self-test kits OK'd for earlier detection
2 years, 9 months ago

Self-test kits OK'd for earlier detection

China Daily  

An employee counts disposable swabs while packaging COVID-19 rapid antigen test kits in Hong Kong, South China, on March 3, 2022. In two separate notices, issued on Friday and Saturday, the National Medical Products Administration allowed five companies－Beijing Savant Biotechnology, Nanjing Vazyme Biotech, Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech, Beijing Jinwofu Bioengineering Technology and Shenzhen-based BGI PathoGenesis Pharmaceutical Technology－to revise its COVID-19 antigen …

At long last, WHO issues coronavirus testing advice
2 years, 9 months ago

At long last, WHO issues coronavirus testing advice

LA Times  

A woman is tested for a coronavirus infection at the Lenasia South Hospital near Johannesburg in South Africa. The advice comes months after critics said the lack of recommendations from the global health agency was compromising efforts to stop the pandemic in poor countries. At a press briefing on Wednesday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the agency was concerned …

US FDA warns against use of certain unapproved Covid tests
2 years, 10 months ago

US FDA warns against use of certain unapproved Covid tests

Live Mint  

The US Food and Drug Administration has warned people against the use of unauthorised versions of certain Covid-19 rapid antigen tests currently being marketed in the United States. The US drug agency said that fraudulent Covid-19 products can come in many varieties, including dietary supplements and other foods, as well as products claiming to be tests, drugs, medical devices, or …

Self testing kits do detect Omicron, Dutch health institute says
3 years ago

Self testing kits do detect Omicron, Dutch health institute says

Dutch News  

Dutch public health institute RIVM has carried out experiments with coronavirus self testing kits and did not find a difference in the ability to detect Delta and Omicron variants of the virus, broadcaster NOS said on Wednesday. The FDA said in a statement that antigen tests ‘do detect the Omicron variant, but may have reduced sensitivity,’ which means the tests …

Self testing kits do detect Omicron, Dutch health institute says
3 years ago

Self testing kits do detect Omicron, Dutch health institute says

Dutch News  

Dutch public health institute RIVM has carried out experiments with coronavirus self testing kits and did not find a difference in the ability to detect Delta and Omicron variants of the virus, broadcaster NOS said on Wednesday. The FDA said in a statement that antigen tests ‘do detect the Omicron variant, but may have reduced sensitivity,’ which means the tests …

Coronavirus tests for holidaymakers will cost €350m, ministers say
3 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus tests for holidaymakers will cost €350m, ministers say

Dutch News  

Giving free coronavirus tests to holidaymakers who have not been vaccinated or had a second dose will cost up to €350m and there are many doubts about how to put the plan into practice, health minister Hugo de Jonge and infrastructure minister Cora van Nieuwenhuizen have told MPs. One option would be to allow travel organisations to deal with the …

Early CDC Coronavirus Test Came With Inconsistent Instructions And Cost The U.S. Weeks
3 years, 7 months ago

Early CDC Coronavirus Test Came With Inconsistent Instructions And Cost The U.S. Weeks

NPR  

Early CDC Coronavirus Test Came With Inconsistent Instructions And Cost The U.S. Weeks Enlarge this image toggle caption Jessica McGowan/Getty Images Jessica McGowan/Getty Images A flawed coronavirus test distributed by government scientists early in the pandemic was poorly designed and came with erroneous instructions that made it doubly difficult for labs to rely on the test's results, new records show. …

Consumers warned to check home corona tests against approved list
3 years, 8 months ago

Consumers warned to check home corona tests against approved list

Dutch News  

Health inspectors have received dozens of reports of unlicensed coronavirus test kits being sold online and over the counter in shops. In other cases tests are advertised as ‘approved by the RIVM’, even though the public health agency does not have a certification system. ‘Some shops have stopped selling the tests as a result, or make clear on their website …

Corona rapid self-test to become available in shops next month
3 years, 10 months ago

Corona rapid self-test to become available in shops next month

NL Times  

The cabinet hopes that people will be able to take a rapid test for the coronavirus themselves starting next month. That is why we are now making it possible in the Netherlands for producers of good rapid tests to make a self-test version of it. For example, the test must already have a European quality mark, and the test must …

Coronavirus self test kits could be in the shops next month, says health minister
3 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus self test kits could be in the shops next month, says health minister

Dutch News  

Fast coronavirus tests which don’t require medical supervision could be available in supermarkets and pharmacies by next month, health minister Hugo de Jonge said on Friday. Fast tests, which people can take themselves, could be used by employers, and at schools and universities to making working conditions safer, De Jonge is quoted as saying by broadcaster NOS. ‘That is why …

Covid US: FDA authorizes at-home test that can give results in 10 MINUTES
3 years, 10 months ago

Covid US: FDA authorizes at-home test that can give results in 10 MINUTES

Daily Mail  

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized another at-home coronavirus test for emergency use authorization. The announcement of the approval is another important, albeit small, step to increase the number of testing options available in the U.S. Quidel Corp's at-home coronavirus test received emergency use authorization from the FDA on Monday, but it does required a prescription Users collected …

Coronavirus Ellume at-home test developed in Brisbane approved for emergency use in US
4 years ago

Coronavirus Ellume at-home test developed in Brisbane approved for emergency use in US

ABC  

A new at-home coronavirus test, developed by a Brisbane company, has been approved for emergency use in the United States. Key points: The new at-home quick test was produced by a Brisbane company The US FDA approved it for emergency use, allowing it to be sold over the counter in pharmacies Another Queensland-based team has helped produced a COVID-19 app …

FDA Authorizes 1st Home Coronavirus Test That Doesn't Require A Prescription
4 years ago

FDA Authorizes 1st Home Coronavirus Test That Doesn't Require A Prescription

NPR  

FDA Authorizes 1st Home Coronavirus Test That Doesn't Require A Prescription Enlarge this image toggle caption Ellume Health Ellume Health The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized the first coronavirus test that people will be able to buy at a local store without a prescription and use for immediate results at home to find out if they're positive …

Commercial centres carry out thousands of coronavirus tests a day
4 years, 1 month ago

Commercial centres carry out thousands of coronavirus tests a day

Dutch News  

More than one third of the coronavirus tests carried out in the Netherlands at present are being done by commercial testing centres, not those set up by the 25 regional health boards, according to research by current affairs television show EenVandaag. There are now some 200 private test centres operating in the Netherlands, and, together with in-company initiatives, they were …

Coronavirus UK: Rapid test trials miss over 50% of positive cases
4 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus UK: Rapid test trials miss over 50% of positive cases

Daily Mail  

WHAT IS OPERATION MOONSHOT AND WHAT IS GOING ON IN LIVERPOOL? But residents have today complained to MailOnline that asymptomatic and symptomatic people were not segregated as they queued at testing centres for their swab, potentially opening the door for the coronavirus to sp Photographer David Colbran, 51, said: 'It's a shambles, we booked an appointment to have a test …

Fake corona test statements widely sold online
4 years, 2 months ago

Fake corona test statements widely sold online

NL Times  

False coronavirus test result statements can be bought online for 50 to 60 euros apiece, AD reported after buying multiple such statements without ever getting close to an actual Covid-19 test. Doctor Prem Heera at the Corona Test Service is one doctor whose name got used. Doctor Albert Zwart of HetHuisartslab was shocked when AD showed him a false test …

What you need to know about coronavirus on Monday, August 31
4 years, 4 months ago

What you need to know about coronavirus on Monday, August 31

CNN  

A version of this story appeared in the August 31 edition of CNN’s Coronavirus: Fact vs. Fiction newsletter. WHAT’S IMPORTANT TODAY India becomes the world’s third deadliest Covid-19 country India reported 971 Covid-19 deaths yesterday, bringing the total to 64,469 and surpassing Mexico as the country with the third highest number of Covid-19 deaths globally, according to the latest data …

Rapid Antigen Test Results Not Credible, Centre Shouldn't Waste Money on Them: Raj Health Minister
4 years, 4 months ago

Rapid Antigen Test Results Not Credible, Centre Shouldn't Waste Money on Them: Raj Health Minister

News 18  

Rajasthan Health Minister Raghu Sharma on Friday said that the Centre should not waste money on rapid antigen tests for coronavirus as their results are not credible. Opening a debate on COVID-19 management and economic impact of lockdown in the state assembly which resumed a week after a trust vote was passed, the minister said that the accuracy level of …

Coronavirus test used by White House has questionable accuracy
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus test used by White House has questionable accuracy

CNN  

CNN — President Donald Trump said part of the reason he doesn’t regularly wear a mask is “everyone’s tested” before they see him. An Abbott spokesperson said the test is delivering reliable results, that the company has delivered 4.3 million ID NOW tests to all states and that the rate of false negative complaints is 0.015%. Ten state health agencies …

Hype and science collide as FDA tries to rein in ‘wild West’ of COVID-19 blood tests
4 years, 7 months ago

Hype and science collide as FDA tries to rein in ‘wild West’ of COVID-19 blood tests

LA Times  

“Save your business while saving lives,” reads the website of Because Health, a Seattle tech start-up selling two types of tests to employers willing to pay $350 a pop to learn whether their workers have been infected with COVID-19. The company’s “Workplace Health” plan includes not only nasal swab tests to detect infection, but also blood tests aimed at determining …

Exclusive: First coronavirus antibody test given approval by Public Health England
4 years, 7 months ago

Exclusive: First coronavirus antibody test given approval by Public Health England

The Telegraph  

UPDATE: Since this article was posted, published results of PHE's evaluation of the Roche test show that although 100% of negative samples accurately came back as negative, 16% of samples taken from people who had had the virus did not show up as positive. A coronavirus antibody test kit has been approved by Public Health England, The Telegraph has learned, …

U.S. approves new coronavirus antigen test with fast results
4 years, 7 months ago

U.S. approves new coronavirus antigen test with fast results

The Hindu  

U.S. regulators have approved a new type of coronavirus test that administration officials have promoted as a key to opening up the country. The Food and Drug Administration on Saturday announced emergency authorization for antigen tests developed by Quidel Corporation of San Diego. Antigen tests can diagnose active infections by detecting the earliest toxic traces of the virus rather than …

Pick and choose policy on corona puts doctors' lives at risk
4 years, 8 months ago

Pick and choose policy on corona puts doctors' lives at risk

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The approach of various state governments to testing patients for the novel coronavirus has become a bone of contention between doctors and state administrations. Aggarwal, president of the Confederation of Medical Associations in Asia and Oceania, and former president of the Indian Medical Association, said, “Pre-operative testing in emergency and elective surgeries is very important for Covid-19. We must …

The Latest on Testing: Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s coronavirus podcast for May 5
4 years, 8 months ago

The Latest on Testing: Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s coronavirus podcast for May 5

CNN  

CNN — We’ve addressed early questions about testing for Covid-19, but plenty remain. Kevin de León, senior fellow at University of Southern California’s Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy: The promise of the immunology test to find out if we have the antibodies is huge. Here’s the problem: A reliable antigen test for the coronavirus isn’t yet available in …

FDA Cracks Down On Antibody Tests For Coronavirus
4 years, 8 months ago

FDA Cracks Down On Antibody Tests For Coronavirus

NPR  

FDA Cracks Down On Antibody Tests For Coronavirus Enlarge this image toggle caption Seth Wenig/AP Seth Wenig/AP The Food and Drug Administration is stiffening its rules to counteract what some have called a Wild West of antibody testing for the coronavirus. Sponsor Message Now the FDA is telling manufacturers that if they want their tests to remain on the market, …

Municipal health services to do more coronavirus tests from next week
4 years, 8 months ago

Municipal health services to do more coronavirus tests from next week

NL Times  

Starting on May 6, the municipal health services GGD will test more people for the coronavirus, Jan Woldman of GGD GHOR Nederland said in a briefing to parliament. The Netherlands' special coronavirus envoy Feike Sijbesma told the parliamentarians that Dutch laboratories have enough capacity to test everyone in the Netherlands with coronavirus symptoms today. A spokesperson for the Ministry of …

A Next-Generation Coronavirus Test Raises Hopes And Concerns
4 years, 8 months ago

A Next-Generation Coronavirus Test Raises Hopes And Concerns

NPR  

A Next-Generation Coronavirus Test Raises Hopes And Concerns Enlarge this image toggle caption Sergii Iaremenko/Science Photo Library/Getty Images Sergii Iaremenko/Science Photo Library/Getty Images States clamoring for coronavirus tests in recent weeks have been talking about two types. Sponsor Message "We have to have a breakthrough innovation in testing," Dr. Deborah Birx of the White House coronavirus task force said recently …

Public, private health labs may never be able to meet demand for coronavirus testing over supply chain shortages
4 years, 8 months ago

Public, private health labs may never be able to meet demand for coronavirus testing over supply chain shortages

CNN  

CNN — Public and private health laboratories throughout the United States and its territories are still unable to meet the demand for Covid-19 testing over supply shortages and may never be able to, even as the Trump administration rolled out a blueprint this week on ramping up testing across the country. “Although the overall amount of tests performed has expanded, …

Coronavirus antibody tests are still a work in progress
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus antibody tests are still a work in progress

LA Times  

After hearing for months about serious access issues involving tests that diagnose COVID-19 based on swabs from the nose or throat, Americans are being inundated with reports about promising new tests that look for signs of coronavirus infection in the blood. “You may even miss some infected people completely.” Other tests may flag people as positive for COVID-19 when they’re …

Coronavirus: US report identifies most accurate antibody tests
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus: US report identifies most accurate antibody tests

Daily Mail  

A new study of coronavirus antibody tests that are currently on the market revealed that at least eight out of 14 had an accuracy rate of more than 95 percent and three of those were more than 99 percent accurate, but doctors remain concerned that more work needs to be done before they can be solely relied upon to restart …

Coronavirus | ICMR says no payment made for Chinese test kits supplies
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus | ICMR says no payment made for Chinese test kits supplies

The Hindu  

India does not stand to lose a single rupee, said the Indian Council of Medical Research on Monday in response to a clarification sought on the alleged profiteering by distributors, exposed through a legal dispute between an importer and a distributor, in the delivery COVID-19 rapid antibody testing kits to it. The matter came to light when Rare Metabolics Life …

Antibody Tests Go To Market Largely Unregulated, Warns House Subcommittee Chair
4 years, 8 months ago

Antibody Tests Go To Market Largely Unregulated, Warns House Subcommittee Chair

NPR  

Antibody Tests Go To Market Largely Unregulated, Warns House Subcommittee Chair Enlarge this image toggle caption Seth Wenig/AP Seth Wenig/AP Coronavirus antibody tests have garnered attention from officials as a potential tool to evaluate people's immunity to the illness. Krishnamoorthi said that federal officials have told his subcommittee that companies selling antibody tests can go one of two routes as …

COVID-19 testing: Plea in Madras HC seeks direction to Centre, state govts to use only those kits cleared by virology institute or EEU
4 years, 8 months ago

COVID-19 testing: Plea in Madras HC seeks direction to Centre, state govts to use only those kits cleared by virology institute or EEU

Firstpost  

A lawyer has approached the Madras High Court seeking a direction to the Union and state governments to use only rapid test kits for COVID-19 that have been tested to be satisfactory either by National Institute of Virology or by European Economic Union Chennai: A lawyer has approached the Madras High Court seeking a direction to the Union and state …

What we know about the state of coronavirus treatments, vaccines and antibody tests
4 years, 8 months ago

What we know about the state of coronavirus treatments, vaccines and antibody tests

CNN  

CNN — As the US begins to discuss reopening the country, health experts and officials see the development of coronavirus tests, treatments and preventative strategies as crucial to taking the first step towards normalcy. Here’s what we know about where possible coronavirus treatments, vaccines and antibody tests stand. Antibody testing Antibody tests are often cited as key to returning to …

The FDA authorizes 2 more coronavirus antibody tests
4 years, 8 months ago

The FDA authorizes 2 more coronavirus antibody tests

CNN  

CNN — The US Food and Drug Administration issued emergency-use authorizations Wednesday for two new coronavirus antibody tests. Still, experts say the antibody tests can be helpful in understanding how widespread coronavirus really is, since they should be able to detect past infections, even if someone had few or no symptoms. Abbott’s IgG antibody test will initially be available on …

Scientists have bad news about coronavirus antibody tests
4 years, 8 months ago

Scientists have bad news about coronavirus antibody tests

CNN  

CNN — In a phone call last week, some of the nation’s top scientists briefed White House officials about antibody testing, according to two doctors who were on the call. Dr. Deborah Birx, the coordinator of the White House coronavirus task force, has called such tests “critical.” The test can help determine if someone is immune to coronavirus, “and that’s …

Coronavirus testing methods: What you need to know
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus testing methods: What you need to know

Al Jazeera  

Here’s a look at various testing methods available as the WHO stresses the need to aggressively test for COVID-19. “We have a simple message to all countries – test, test, test,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said last month in a press briefing on measures to fight the coronavirus pandemic in the Swiss city of Geneva. Elaborating further, Lesosky said the choice …

‘Crappy’ tests to check for past coronavirus infection are flooding the US, lab association says
4 years, 9 months ago

‘Crappy’ tests to check for past coronavirus infection are flooding the US, lab association says

CNN  

CNN — Regulatory changes by President Donald Trump’s administration have made it easier for companies to flood the US market with “crappy” tests that are supposed to determine whether someone has recovered from coronavirus, according to the CEO of the Association of Public Health Laboratories. “It’s like the wild, wild West out there – or wild East,” said Scott Becker, …

Coronavirus at-home rapid test kits are being sold on Chinese social media app WeChat
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus at-home rapid test kits are being sold on Chinese social media app WeChat

ABC  

Coronavirus rapid self-testing kits are being advertised on a Chinese social media platform in Australia — promising results in as little as 15 minutes — as the country grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic. In China, at-home coronavirus test kits went viral on WeChat earlier in March, with China's National Medical Products Administration quickly debunked the rumours of self-testing and claimed …

Who Can Get A Coronavirus Test?
4 years, 9 months ago

Who Can Get A Coronavirus Test?

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING As cases of COVID-19 spread, many people are hearing of friends and family who have been exhibiting symptoms. “So we’re not testing, let’s say, a young, otherwise healthy individual who has an upper respiratory tract infection, as we really would not do anything to change the recommendation to that person,” Procop said. But the fact of the …

COVID-19 Pandemic: State-wise list of private labs approved by ICMR for testing coronavirus
4 years, 9 months ago

COVID-19 Pandemic: State-wise list of private labs approved by ICMR for testing coronavirus

India TV News  

A total of 157 laboratories are gearing up to conduct testing for COVID-19. Of the 157 labs, 121 are government laboratories approved by the Indian Council of Medical Research for conducting tests for the deadly novel coronavirus. "The National Institute of Virology, Pune functions as the resource centre for the Viral Research and Diagnostic Laboratories network and is responsible for …

Coronavirus: Private clinic defends charging £375 for test
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: Private clinic defends charging £375 for test

The Independent  

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Coronavirus testing: WHO and CDC never discussed providing test kits to the US, global health agency says
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus testing: WHO and CDC never discussed providing test kits to the US, global health agency says

CNN  

CNN — As the United States struggled to launch testing for the novel coronavirus using kits developed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization shipped hundreds of thousands of tests to countries around the world. US officials face questions about WHO test During CNN’s coronavirus town hall last week, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. …

Coronavirus | 51 private labs will soon be allowed to conduct tests
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus | 51 private labs will soon be allowed to conduct tests

The Hindu  

The “test, test, test” prescription of the World Health Organisation is not for India, Director-General of the Indian Council of Medical Research Balram Bhargava said on Tuesday, stressing that community transmission of COVID-19 has not yet occurred. Dr. Bhargava, however, also announced that 51 private laboratories will soon be allowed to test for COVID-19 to enhance capacity for diagnosis and …

Coronavirus | Two indigenous tests for detection being tested
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus | Two indigenous tests for detection being tested

The Hindu  

Two diagnostic tests for coronavirus — the first to be developed entirely in India — are currently being evaluated by the National Institute of Virology in Pune, a senior official in the Department of Biotechnology told The Hindu. On Tuesday, the government said it was readying guidelines for private diagnostic companies to develop tests to detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which …

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