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Kroger Teams With Gauss on Smartphone-Enabled Rapid COVID-19 Tests

Kroger teamed with Gauss to sell what they call the first smartphone-enabled COVID-19 rapid antigen test kits to patients nationally, they said Tuesday. The at-home testing awaits Food and Drug Administration emergency use authorization, they said. “Once authorized, it will…

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be the first rapid COVID-19 test that can be fully performed using only a smartphone and a lateral flow assay (similar to an at-home pregnancy test), without involving a laboratory, a telemedicine visit or any specialized electronics.” Kroger Health expects the test kits to be available online and over the counter at its 2,200 U.S. pharmacies, it said.