COVID-19 Test Kits Now Available For Sale At Amazon

COVID-19 test kits are now available for sale at amazon.com, to Amazon shoppers in the U.S.

According to a post published by Amazon, “the Amazon collection kit offers customers the convenience they’ve come to expect from Amazon.com by providing access to COVID-19 testing whenever and wherever they need it. The test collection kit provides highly accurate and timely results, helping customers feel more confident as they safely return to travel, work, college, and daily life”.

Amazon says the kit is easy to use and requires a quick sample collection using a gentle, lower nasal swab and it is authorized for use by individuals 18 years or older, with or without COVID-19 symptoms.

Customers that buy Amazon covid-19 test kit to carry out COVID-19 test at home, will have to return the collection tube with the swab inside to Amazon’s state-of-the-art diagnostics laboratory in Hebron, Kentucky. The collection kit will be processed by the Amazon’s in-house laboratory, which according to Amazon, have processed millions of tests from over 750,000 for its frontline workers.

Amazon says, the covid testing kits are processed using a sensitive method known as RT-PCR, which is considered the current “gold standard” diagnostic approach by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the lab will be able to provide results within 24 hours of receiving the sample at its lab.

The Amazon COVID-19 test results wll be available through Amazon’s secure website AmazonDx.com with access to documents needed for testing verification.

Price of Amazon COVID-19 Test Kit

It will cost you $39.99 to buy amazon COVID-19 test kit on the Amazon.com website and is available to any U.S. customer without a prescription. The collection kit includes Amazon Prime delivery at no additional cost.