Abbott Laboratories has announced that they’ve gotten authorization from the FDA for a COVID-19 portable antigen test that delivers results within 15 minutes and sells for $5.

Per NBC News, “The portable test is about the size of a credit card, requires no additional equipment to operate, and can be conducted using a less invasive nasal swab than traditional lab tests.”

The test, BinaxNOW COVID-19 Ag Card, can be used to check that people participating in larger gatherings don’t have coronavirus. The outlet adds, “And could help aid the reopening of the U.S.”

The company plans on shipping millions of tests in September, and then 50 million tests a month after that.

Abbot has also created a convenient downloadable app so people who have taken the test can present their results before entering venues.

10 Movies You Definitely Shouldn’t Watch If Coronavirus Scares You

• The Crazies

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  What happens when a toxin turns people into bloodthirsty lunatics? Well, The Crazies tell you.

• I Am Legend

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  Will Smith takes us on a ride in the post-apocalyptic thriller about a plague that turns humans into mutants. Good times.

• World War Z

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  "World War Z" - This apocalyptic action horror film is terrifying, but at least looking at Brad Pitt makes it better.
• 2012

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  This doomsday thriller featuring John Cusack isn't about viruses, but it does show what the end of the world could look like.

• Quarantine

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  A mysterious virus, death, and bloody thirsty killer - What more could you want on your television screen right now? This movie, from 2008, is so bad that it's good. Even better: it has a sequel you can watch too.

• Contagion

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  This movie has a killer cast (Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, and Kate Winslet all star in it), and its eerily similar to what we are currently dealing with amid the coronavirus outbreak.
• Outbreak

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  This 1995 movie showed what happens after a African monkey with a deadly virus is smuggled into the U.S. It was scary then, and it's still scary now.

• Pandemic

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  This docuseries, currently on Netflix, features the heroes trying to stop influenza, and it discusses how they are planning to stop the new global outbreak.

• Containment

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  Also on Netflix, this TV show explores what happens when a contagion sweeps through Atlanta. There are only 13 episodes, but they will have you on the edge of your seat.
• #93 Days

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  This film shows what happens when health workers fight to contain Ebola. What makes is scarier is that it's based on a true story.

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