Ohio - Ohio is expecting over 3.5-million new rapid COVID-19 antigen tests called BinaxNOW, created by the company Abbott. As of October 27,  1.5-million of these tests have been shipped to the state.

Governor Mike DeWine said he plans to prioritize the tests for schools, nursing homes and first responders, among others who deem fit. 

"We need a test that anyone is able to administer with a little bit of basic training and that's what these antigen tests are," Texas A&M Virologist, Dr. Ben Neuman said, "...Ohio is experiencing a big upswing in the number of cases and this is exactly what Ohio needs."

Neuman said what makes the test efficient is that it can be used anywhere without additional laboratories and technology. This is because antigen tests detect the living virus, versus other COVID-19 tests that are more sensitive, but take more time and resources. 

"This is a thing you can take into a nursing home and you can administer it there," he said, "You wouldn't have to set up a hospital lab, no special testing or quality control; It's just ready to go... kind of like a little kit."

The test is a nasal swab that takes about 15 minutes to provide results.

"This is a test that's not going to tell you you're sick when you're not, but it may miss a few people who are actually sick with a low amount of virus inside them," he said, "Now, what it isn't, is particularly sensitive, but it's usually sensitive enough that it can pick up an infection if it's there... They're not going to 100% catch every case, but if you do enough of them, you're going to find those cases through contact tracing and eventually, that's a big win for everybody and that's a good way we're going to get out of this."

He said the speed of the rapid test cuts down the "grey area" - the period of time when someone thinks they're sick enough to get a test and is then waiting for results to find out if they have the virus.

"The shorter you can make that time, the less uncertainty and the faster you can get people who are sick separated from people who are not sick," he said.