COVID-19 testing
The system delivers its results to a companion app in about 20 minutes, according to the agency.
Alongside step-by-step instructions, the Ellume COVID-19 Home Test's accompanying app automatically reports users' results to the relevant public health authorities.
The company projects that sales of its testing kits will triple by the end of 2020.
Lucira's molecular testing kit allows individuals to collect their own nasal sample and insert it into a device that provides results in under 30 minutes. The company is aiming to sell the single-use tests for roughly $50.
The nasal swab test device returns results in 12 minutes.
College campuses have proven to be hotbeds for infection of COVID-19 since the pandemic began.
Following news that its Project Baseline program was poorly received in parts of the Bay Area, the life science company characterized site closures as more of a pause and a redirection of resources across the state.
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The San Diego startup will deliver six million rapid molecular test kits to the government by March 2021.
Users are also able to access a corresponding app, which can keep track of their coronavirus test results.