The Beijing Medical Products Administration denied rumors that claimed thatpeople can test for the novel coronavirus using a home testing kit and addedthere was no authorized home version of the test yet.
   A so-called home testing kit went viral on WeChat,with the seller claiming the result would be visible 15 minutes after adding adrop of blood from one's finger to the kit. The product was recommended foroffice buildings and schools to test those returning and isolated at home whocould not access a medical test at the hospital.
   According to the administration, samples carried byauthorized testing kits can only be tested in polymerase chain reaction (PCR)laboratories or other medical institutes. There is no self-testingdevice yet and those sold on WeChat are fake.