COVID: FDA warns against using throat swabs for home rapid tests
COVID: FDA warns against using throat swabs for home rapid tests
By Jamie Gumbrecht, Naomi Thomas and Jen Christensen, CNN
(CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration is cautioning against using self-collected throat swabs for Covid-19 tests and says people should use the tests as instructed.
“FACT: When it comes to at-home rapid antigen #COVID19 tests, those swabs are for your nose and not your throat,” it said Friday on Twitter.
Why the warning? After…
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