On December 28, local time, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) pointed out that the home rapid detection kit for new crowns may not be able to detect the Omi Keron variant strain. The FDA stated in a statement that a study conducted by the agency in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) showed that home-use testing tools are less sensitive to the highly infectious Ome Keron virus, so that fakes may appear. Negative result.
However, the FDA still supports the use of these home test kits, but if there are suspected symptoms and the rapid test results are negative, the FDA recommends another nucleic acid test (PCR test) to ensure that the results are accurate.
Recently, the number of people infected with the new coronavirus in the United States has surged. Both new coronavirus test sites and home rapid test kits are facing severe shortages, and long lines have lined up in front of test sites in many cities in the United States.
As of December 29, local time, the average number of new confirmed cases in the United States in the past seven days exceeded 265,000, reaching the highest level since the outbreak. Experts said that due to insufficient testing capabilities, the actual number of infections may be higher.
The US FDA claims that the home rapid test kit is even more inaccurate or false negative for Omi Keron. Click on the video to have a look!
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