DIY rapid COVID testing kits have been distributed to a number of countries in Europe.
Rapid coronavirus testing kits, which have been designed by testFWRD with the re-opening of hospitality venues and the return of mass events in mind, have been distributed across Europe to Germany, Spain and Portugal, and also to the UK.
The tests, which are already available in Austria and approved by the World Health Organization, can be taken at home and require users to gargle saline solution and make a video recording. This is then uploaded to an app, and users return their test kits in the post. Results are delivered directly via the testFWRD app and aim to give a "non-infectious time window of 72 hours".