Earlier this week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the use of a faster and easier tests for the coronavirus. The tests are saliva tests that can get results back within 24 hours.
These new tests are thought to be about 90-percent as accurate as other tests using nose and throat swabs. Developers are hoping 200,000 samples a day could be processed.
The NBA played a big role in helping bring these tests to the market. Before checking into their bubble in Orlando, some players and staff volunteered to give saliva samples along with the nose and throat tests.