미국 FDA, 15분 안에 코로나19 진단하는 항원검사 긴급 승인<br /><br />The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first antigen test that can quickly detect whether a person has COVID-19.<br />The test kit which was created by Quidel Corporation,... was given emergency use authorization late Friday by the FDA.<br />Unlike other COVID-19 tests which use PCR,... this test uses antigen diagnostics,... and detects fragments of the virus in a sample.<br />The test will rely on specimens collected from nasal swabs,... and can provide results in 15 minutes.<br />However, experts say while antigen tests are extremely accurate in detecting positive infections,... they cannot detect all active infections and have a higher chance of false negatives than PCR tests.<br />
