位于伊利诺伊州的医疗保健公司雅培（Abbott Laboratories）表示，其新测试方法可以在5分钟内得出阳性结果，而阴性结果也只要13分钟。

    除了快速外，该测试方法由于可以在医院以外的医生诊所和急诊所使用而显得尤为重要。这种便携式测试仪器是一个6.6磅的盒子，与一个小型烤面包机一样大。

　　这是一种分子测试方法，通过识别病毒基因组的一小部分，并把它放大直至足以检测到病毒。

“This is a significant leap forward,” John Frels, vice president of research and development at Abbott, said in an interview with Reuters. “You can get a positive result in five minutes and a negative result in 13 minutes. You can walk into a clinic and literally get results while you are there.”

Abbott Laboratories said on Friday it won U.S. marketing approval for a diagnostic test for the coronavirus that can deliver results to patients within minutes and be used in physicians offices and urgent care clinics, as well as hospitals.

The United States now has more cases of the coronavirus than any other country, and hospitals have struggled to meet the demand to test thousands of people for the often-deadly virus.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted the approval under its Emergency Use Authorization.