At present, six new COVID-19 antigen (home-use) kits have been authorized for emergency use by BfArM. The certification means that the product can be sold in German supermarkets, and local residents can use the product for self-testing.

As of February 20, 2021, FDA has urgently authorized 14 COVID-19 antigen tests, involving 11 companies: Abbott、Ortho、Quidel 、BD、LumiraDx、Access Bio、Princeton BioMeditech、Luminostics、Celltrion、Quanterix、Ellume.

On November 3, COVID-19 (2019-NCOV) antigen detection kit (Colloidal Gold method) and COVID-19 (2019-NCOV) antigen detection kit (Latex method) were approved by China National Medical Products Administration.

Reported by CCTV news on Oct. 16th, variety of countries need to enlarge the test method to speed up the diagnosis on COVID-19. Some of the countries used the faster and cheaper test methods to overcome the bottleneck of inadequate capabilit