WATCH: Bill Gates says a variety of methods should be considered for COVID-19 testing

In an interview with the PBS NewsHour on April 7, philanthropist Bill Gates said a variety of methods should be considered to increase the availability and rapidity of COVID-19 testing in the U.S., including self-swab Polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, tests which patients can administer themselves from home and send to a lab for results.

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