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US OKs 1st coronavirus test that allows self-swab at home

by AP Health Writer
| April 21, 2020 9:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators on Tuesday OK'd the first coronavirus test that allows people to collect their own sample at home, a new approach that could help expand testing options in most states.

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