Taiwan expected to buy 30 million COVID-19 saliva rapid tests


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CORONAVIRUS/Taiwan expected to buy 30 million COVID-19 saliva rapid tests Taipei, April 29 (CNA) Taiwan is expected to import up to 30 million home-use self-tests that can detect the COVID-19 virus in saliva after the country's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the move Friday. The tests, all of the same brand made in South Korea, will be labeled with Chinese characters and packaged with Chinese instructions before being sold in Taiwan, the FDA said. The Gmate COVID-19 Ag Saliva, as the test is called, will be the first saliva COVID-19 rapid test approved for home use in Taiwan. The...