Yesterday the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an Emergency Use Authorization for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) diagnostic test kit for the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) that originated in Wuhan, China, paving the way for the CDC to distribute the tests, as officials confirmed Wisconsin’s first case.
“This continues to be an evolving situation and the ability to distribute this diagnostic test to qualified labs is a critical step forward in protecting the public health,” said FDA Commissioner Stephen M. Hahn, MD, in an FDA press release. “Our collaboration with the CDC has been vital to rapidly developing and facilitating access to this diagnostic test.”
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