The first company to sell FDA-approved consumer test kits for COVID just issued a recall for hundreds of thousands of units due to false-positive results concerns.
An Australia-based company is recalling hundreds of thousands of coronavirus tests after discovering some Ellume COVID-19 homeEllume became the first company to gain Food and Drug Administration authorization to sell consumers kits at major retailers such as Walmart, CVS, Target and Amazon. The kits don't require a prescription and deliver results in minutes.
The company has recalled 43 lots shipped from April through August to retailers, distributors and the Department of Defense. Customers can check the lot number on the test's carton and check whether it is among the recalled lots listed at. Or customers can call 1-888-807-1501 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern time, Monday through Friday.
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