The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning Americans to watch out for phony at-home, over-the-counter COVID-19 tests that look a lot like the real things.
The counterfeit test kits may put you at risk of unknowingly spreading the disease or not seeking appropriate medical treatment, the agency cautions.
The phonies “are made to look like authorized tests so the users will think they are the real, FDA-authorized test,” the FDA said in a statement about the fakes. “The FDA is concerned about the risk of false results when people use these unauthorized tests.”
