5-minute coronavirus test deployed at Bay Area urgent care clinics

Just days after the Food and Drug Administration cleared a rapid COVID-19 test, GoHealth Urgent Care began offering the test at its locations in the Bay Area and at hotspots in Oregon and Washington.  The super quick test, called ID NOW and made by Abbott Laboratories, can produce a positive COVID-19 result in five minutes and a negative one in 13 minutes, making it the fastest and most convenient test so far. Abbott, a Chicago-based maker of medical devices, uses molecular technology to perform…