The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted emergency approval for a new coronavirus test that promises to vastly increase the speed and rate of testing across the country, according to officials. 

The new tests run on the pharmaceutical company Roche Holding AG’s cobas 6800/8800 systems, which, according to Bloomberg News, are capable of performing 4,128 and 1,440 tests daily, respectively. 

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