The Food and Drug Administration yesterday released an updated template for developers requesting emergency use authorization for antigen tests for the COVID-19 virus. The template adds recommendations regarding studies for antigen tests to screen asymptomatic individuals or for SAR-CoV-2 and flu. 

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