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Roche COVID test receives U.S. greenlight for asymptomatic people – Metro US

Roche COVID test receives U.S. greenlight for asymptomatic people

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Logo of Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Logo of Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche is pictured in Rotkreuz

ZURICH (Reuters) – Roche’s cobas SARS-CoV-2 Test has received U.S. authorisation for testing individuals without symptoms or reasons to suspect a COVID-19 infection, the Swiss drugmaker said on Tuesday.

“The high-throughput, highly sensitive cobas SARS-CoV-2 Test under FDA Emergency Use Authorisation can now be used to test individual or pooled samples from people without symptoms or other reasons to suspect COVID-19,” Roche said in a statement.

(Reporting by Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi; Editing by Riham Alkousaa)