Pandemic Woes:Antigen Tests to the Rescue?  

作　　者：Peter Weiss 

机构地区：[1]Senior Technology Writer

出　　处：《Engineering》2021年第1期3-5,共3页工程（英文）

摘　　要：On 26 August 2020,following unexpectedly strong,post-initiallockdown resurgences of coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)in the late spring and summer,the medical-manufacturer giant Abbott and the US federal government announced approval,for emergency use in public health efforts to control the pandemic,of a new diagnostic testing device the size of a credit card and costing only 5 USD apiece[1].Moreover,the federal government would spend 760 million USD to purchase 150 million of the tests and begin shipping them to nursing homes and schools roughly a month later[2].

关 键 词：RESCUE APPROVAL ABBOTT 

分 类 号：R563.1[医药卫生—呼吸系统]