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Pooled Testing Okayed in U.S. as Way of Boosting Covid Detection
- Up to four individual samples could be tested in same batch
- Birx, Fauci have praised the idea as a way to ramp up tests
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized so-called “pool testing” for Covid-19, a move aimed at broadening checks for the coronavirus and using fewer testing resources.