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Called the COVID Bubble Test, the UK-based service allows the testing of up to 10 people on a single cartridge for £100, or £10 per person.
The agency said people can potentially shorten quarantine time and reduce travel-associated contagion risk with PCR or antigen SARS-CoV-2 testing.
The collaboration is part of a public health surveillance initiative with the US Department of Health and Human Services and eTrueNorth.
The partners will commercialize a line of oncology mutation panels on the Stilla Naica digital PCR system.
The FDA last week also reissued an EUA for a PCR-based SARS-CoV-2 test from Quest Diagnostics to permit its use with pooled samples.
