Pooled testing okayed in US as way of boosting Covid-19 detection

WASHINGTON - The US Food and Drug Administration has authorised so-called"pool testing" for Covid-19, a move aimed at broadening checks for the coronavirus and using fewer testing resources.

If the pool is positive it means that one or more of the individuals tested may be infected, so each of the samples in that pool is then tested again, individually. Chinese officials used pool testing to quickly test vast numbers of people in Beijing and Wuhan earlier this year. Quest's test was originally authorised in March for use with individual samples and remains authorised for that purpose, the FDA said.

At the state level, Texas reported 10,158 new cases of Covid-19 marked its fifth consecutive day of virus cases over 10,000. The state now has a total to 317,730 confirmed cases of the virus. Arizona reported a record single-day increase in fatalities. There have been 147 deaths recorded on Saturday, bringing the total number of deaths to 2,730, the Arizona Department of Health Services reported.

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