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Published 10:27 IST, March 30th 2020

Trump touts FDA authorization for new virus test

President Donald Trump said on Sunday that portable rapid tests for the coronavirus will soon be made available.

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President Donald Trump said on Sunday that portable rapid tests for the coronavirus will soon be made available.

Illinois-based Abbott Laboratories says its cartridge-based test, approved Friday, delivers results within minutes.

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"The deployment of rapid testing will vastly accelerate our ability to monitor, track, contain and ultimately defeat the virus," Trump said during a Rose Garden news conference on Sunday.

 

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10:27 IST, March 30th 2020