Rapid Test

Waiting for the results of the PCR test she took Monday, Suzanne Haviland of Coventry wanted to know quickly whether she could keep her New Year’s Eve plans with her parents, Thursday. “We’re watching the numbers. We’re very concerned,” she said of the recent spike in Connecticut’s COVID infection rate to nine percent. She brought her daughter to the Hartford...

New Year’s Eve traditions may look a bit different this year.

At a press conference on Monday, White House coronavirus task force testing czar Adm. Brett Giroir demonstrated how to operate the new coronavirus rapid tests, which will be allocated to states this week based on their relative population size.

Abbott on Friday announced it received approval for a test that is capable of delivering positive results of the coronavirus in as little as five minutes, and it will begin making those tests available to health care providers next week.