FDA Clears First <br />COVID-19 Saliva Test According to NBC News, Rutgers University <br />researchers in New Jersey have been given the <br />green light to proceed with the new kind of test. The test will first be made available <br />to hospitals and clinics affiliated <br />with the university. Currently, health care workers are <br />required to swab a patient's nose <br />or throat to test for coronavirus. The new saliva-based test will require <br />patients to spit into a plastic tube, which lessens <br />infection risk for health care workers. Andrew Brooks, <br />Rutgers lab director According to lab director Andrew Brooks, <br />the Rutgers lab can currently process <br />10,000 patient samples per day. The FDA is advising any patients who <br />test negative with the saliva method to have <br />their results confirmed with a second method.
