Anvisa will re-examine Covid self-tests this Friday; follow along.
The last discussion took place on the 19th, when the board disagreed with the decision, requesting more information from the Ministry of Health.
247 - The National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) is expected to decide this Friday (28) on whether to authorize the use of self-tests for the detection of Covid-19 in Brazil.
The last discussion took place on the 19th, when the board disagreed with the decision, requesting more information from the Ministry of Health. The vote was four against and one in favor.
The original request for the release of self-tests was made on the 14th, when the ministry argued that the procedure would be a complementary strategy to the National Testing Expansion Plan.
At the time, the agency's board determined that the report submitted by the ministry did not meet the requirements inherent to a public policy.
On Tuesday (28) Anvisa determined that Collection of the COVID-19 self-test - the myDNA PCR-LAMP Saliva Self-Collection, from the company Empreendimentos Pague Menos S/A.
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