COVID-19 Cue Health's COVID-19 Test Now Available in Canada
Sunday, 20 March 2022 10:45.AM
- Cue Health's Pioneering Smart Home Lab and PCR-quality COVID-19 Test Now Available in Canada.
- Cue's molecular COVID-19 self-test provides lab-quality results in 20 minutes. -
Cue Health, the healthcare technology company behind the most accurate at-home COVID-19 test* in the U.S., today announced that its molecular COVID-19 test is now available to individual consumers in Canada. The Cue Health Monitoring System (Reader) and Cue's molecular COVID-19 test for home, can be accessed through Cue's eCommerce site and in-app shop. Canadian consumers can also sign up for the Cue+ Foundation membership, which provides users with unlimited access to Cue's supervised COVID-19 test by virtual proctor in English and French for travel, work, or school; ten (10) COVID-19 tests are included in each membership, as well as ongoing discounts on Cue products.
Cue has received Interim Order authorization from Health Canada to sell and distribute its COVID-19 test for both professional use at the point-of-care and consumer self-testing. Cue's test uses molecular nucleic acid amplification technology (NAAT), providing lab-quality results directly to connected mobile devices in 20 minutes. The test can detect all known COVID-19 variants and can be used on adults and children (ages 2 and over), with or without symptoms. The supervised test meets current COVID-19 testing entry requirements for international travel in many countries around the world, including Canada and the U.S., and the results are also often accepted by employers, schools, and sports and entertainment venues.
"Following the successful launch of our smart home lab platform in the U.S., we are pleased to now offer Canadian consumers access to our molecular COVID-19 self-test that combines accuracy, speed, and reliability," said Ayub Khattak, co-founder and CEO of Cue Health. "Canadians will now have a more convenient molecular testing solution that gives them accurate results when they want peace of mind or to protect their loved ones, when traveling, returning to work, or visiting entertainment and sports venues."
Last year, Cue announced a partnership with Air Canada to provide U.S.-based passengers with access to Cue's molecular COVID-19 test for their travel needs. Cue also provides tests to other world-class organizations like Johns Hopkins Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Google, the National Basketball Association (NBA), and Major League Baseball (MLB), among many others. Looking ahead, Cue is working on new diagnostic tests - including for other respiratory illnesses, sexual diseases, women's and men's health, cardiometabolic health, and more - all of which will be compatible with the connected Cue Reader.
*Based on clinical study results submitted to FDA for other EUA molecular home tests.
SOURCE: Cue Health Inc.