20 Minute Covid Home Testing

The Biden administration has signed a $300 million ($US230 million) deal with Australian firm Ellume to dramatically ramp up the production and distribution of rapid at-home COVID-19 tests in the US.

The deal between Ellume, the Department of Defence and the Department of Health and Human Services includes the purchase of 8.5 million COVID-19 tests that will be distributed across America.

In December Ellume became the first company to win approval from US regulators to sell rapid at-home COVID-19 tests that don't require a prescription.

Andy Slavitt, a senior adviser to the White House COVID-19 response team, said on Tuesday (AEDT) that the Brisbane-based company is expected to produce 19 million tests a month by the end of the year.

Slavitt said the deal was an important step towards mass testing and a lowering of prices.

"There's a chicken-and-egg problem, which we have taken a step to solve today," he said.

When announcing an emergency use authorisation for the tests last year Stephen Hahn, the former head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), hailed the moment as "a major milestone in diagnostic testing for COVID-19".

Lamar Alexander, then the chair of the Senate health committee, described it as "a genuine breakthrough in COVID-19 testing".

Sean Parsons, Ellume's founder and chief executive, said the company was "absolutely thrilled" to have created a breakthrough product.

"We have been working away for a long time to create the core technology to make this fly," he said on Sunrise after the deal was announced on Tuesday morning.

Ellume's test is expected to cost around US$30 ($39) and deliver results in around 20 minutes.

Red Lily wrote:

The Biden administration has signed a $300 million ($US230 million) deal with Australian firm Ellume to dramatically ramp up the production and distribution of rapid at-home COVID-19 tests in the US.

The deal between Ellume, the Department of Defence and the Department of Health and Human Services includes the purchase of 8.5 million COVID-19 tests that will be distributed across America.

In December Ellume became the first company to win approval from US regulators to sell rapid at-home COVID-19 tests that don't require a prescription.

Andy Slavitt, a senior adviser to the White House COVID-19 response team, said on Tuesday (AEDT) that the Brisbane-based company is expected to produce 19 million tests a month by the end of the year.

Slavitt said the deal was an important step towards mass testing and a lowering of prices.

"There's a chicken-and-egg problem, which we have taken a step to solve today," he said.

When announcing an emergency use authorisation for the tests last year Stephen Hahn, the former head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), hailed the moment as "a major milestone in diagnostic testing for COVID-19".

Lamar Alexander, then the chair of the Senate health committee, described it as "a genuine breakthrough in COVID-19 testing".

Sean Parsons, Ellume's founder and chief executive, said the company was "absolutely thrilled" to have created a breakthrough product.

"We have been working away for a long time to create the core technology to make this fly," he said on Sunrise after the deal was announced on Tuesday morning.

Ellume's test is expected to cost around US$30 ($39) and deliver results in around 20 minutes.

More at link  ...   https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/australian-firm-signs-300m-deal-with-us-government-for-covid-tests/ar-BB1diag2?ocid=msedgdhp

Too bad the Ozzies won't be seeing them.  Stupid Ozzies.  

Carolina73 wrote:I hope they work better than the ones they are using here now. I met another person today that tested positive, then quarantined only to be told by their doctor later they did not have the virus and had no COVID antibodies.

HawkTheSlayer wrote:

Carolina73 wrote:I hope they work better than the ones they are using here now. I met another person today that tested positive, then quarantined only to be told by their doctor later they did not have the virus and had no COVID antibodies.

I believe Covid is real.
But I also believe this is the largest hoax ever perpetrated on the face of the planet.  

vege57 wrote:

HawkTheSlayer wrote:

Carolina73 wrote:I hope they work better than the ones they are using here now. I met another person today that tested positive, then quarantined only to be told by their doctor later they did not have the virus and had no COVID antibodies.

I believe Covid is real.
But I also believe this is the largest hoax ever perpetrated on the face of the planet.  

If you believe covid  is real, where do you see the hoax ?

Red Lily wrote:The common flu which kills 650,000 annually seems to have completely vanished too  *poof*

HawkTheSlayer wrote:

Red Lily wrote:The common flu which kills 650,000 annually seems to have completely vanished too  *poof*

Covid must kill the flu and the common cold , too! Diagnosis is almost non-existent today in order to sell mask, and force the mnasses to get  questionable vaccine thgat contains no virus. And ironically, forces them to take it twice!
WTF kind of vaccine is that?!

J & J single dose vaccine is becoming available but efficacy now stands at 65%  maximum protection.