By: Gideon Gottfried
Willie B. Thomas
A man using a corona virus test to swab the inside of his nose.It remains to be seen if governments decide that self-administered tests are sufficient for event access.UK company Swallow Events announced a new home-testing kit that may be used to gain access to events, should the UK government include self-administered rapid tests in its requirements for proving a Covid-free status.
The test, which has a sensitivity of 97.1% and a specificity of 99.6%, is about to receive self-testing approval from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency in the UK as well as CE approval in Europe.