Rapid antigen tests are cheap, don't need prescriptions and have been sold for months by major retailers. More recently, more rapid antigen test makers have received FDA authorization to sell home tests directly to consumers.
Public health workers send teams to remote and isolated villages to test as many people as possible, using both Abbott and PCR tests.
Hodges said her team now has the lab equipment to run more PCR tests in Bethel, eliminating the need to fly samples to test in Anchorage. But she does not know if she will get enough Abbott tests over the coming weeks to maintain their current pace. With the delta variant sending case counts higher, he said there's"renewed interest" in widespread testing.
The telehealth provider eMed markets the BinaxNow test for $25 to people with COVID-19 symptoms. The test is available through a mobile phone app, which instructs users to fill out a screening questionnaire reviewed by an eMed representative. Test kits are shipped to eligible customers who access eMed's portal for testing guidance.
Several customers who purchased the Ellume COVID tests have complained on consumer review boards about “false positive” results when compared with laboratory-based PCR tests. to sell consumers kits that don't require a prescription and deliver results in minutes. The Ellume kits cost $35 to $39 at major retailers such as Walmart, CVS, Target and Amazon.
Several consumers have written complaints about false positive results on CVS and Amazon’s customer feedback portals. Some described the anxiety of believing they contracted the virus and might have exposed others before taking follow-up tests to discount the results.
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