E-commerce major Amazon has started selling its own test kits for <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/covid-19-830-new-cases-deaths-fall-to-11-in-mumbai-maharashtra-count-10000-23178572" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Covid-19</a>. The test kit is on sale for USD 39.99 on the e-commerce platform and has one-day shipping through Prime in some areas of the US, the Verge reported.
Results from the test will appear on an Amazon diagnostics website, originally designed for use by <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/karnataka-court-allows-cci-probe-against-amazon-flipkart-23177852" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Amazon</a> employees.
To use the test, a person needs to take a swab from his/her own nose at home and place it in a box with a prepaid shipping return label. The swabs are then sent to a centralised lab.
Amazon got the US Food and Drug Administration's approval on its Covid-19 test kit in March and planned to use it for its onsite employee testing programme.
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Amazon also offers a Covid-19 testing kit made by the genomics company DxTerity and a rapid 10-minute testing kit made by Quidel. They sell for USD 99 and USD 24.95, respectively, the report said.
The in-house Covid-19 test kit is the latest in Amazon's expansion into the healthcare segment. In March, the company had started offering its telehealth and at-home healthcare programme to other employers.
It is also offering six-month prescriptions for common medications starting at USD 6 through its Amazon Pharmacy programme, it added.
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To use the test, a person needs to take a swab from his/her own nose at home and place it in a box with a prepaid shipping return label. The swabs are then sent to a centralised lab.

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