U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal
NEW HAVEN — If New Haven schools reopen at some point, the Yale School of Public Health might have a new way to help them test for Covid-19 quicker.
The school developed the new test, called SalivaDirect.
U.S. Sens. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal discussed the new saliva-based Covid-19 test at a press conference outside the Yale School of Public Health Tuesday morning.
Yale School of Public Health researchers were granted emergency use authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Aug. 15. Saliva samples for the SalivaDirect test can be collected in any sterile container and doesn’t require the special swabs and collection devices needed for nasal or deep throat swabs.
