UK Publishes COVID-19 Self-Test Specifications

The UK's MHRA is looking for manufacturers to submit COVID-19 self-tests that meet minimum and desired criteria for evaluation, after finding its recently purchased 3.5 million self-tests failed to meet these standards.

Test result of a Corona test. Hand turns a dice and changes the expression "positive COVID19" to "negative COVID19".

The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has published specifications for at-home COVID-19 tests, following disappointing results so far from its self-test trials.

After none of the self-tests acquired by the UK government met the standard required – including 3.5 million from an...

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