Guidelines on COVID-19 in vitro diagnostic tests and their performance

Summary:

Communication published by the European Commission on 15 April 2020, setting out a number of guidelines on coronavirus testing methodologies.

Further information:

The guidance aims to support Member States in effectively using testing tools in the context of their national strategies and during the different stages of the pandemic, including when phasing out confinement measures. The Commission also aims to ensure that high-quality tools are available to assess the performance of the tests.

• Primary Source

Official

European Commission: Press Release, 15/04/2020: Coronavirus: Commission issues guidelines on testing https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_20_659

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