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Coronavirus Test Kits Encounter QC Hiccup in Some States, CDC Reports

Feb 12, 2020
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Madeleine Johnson

NEW YORK – Some state laboratories have found that the novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV test kits sent by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have provided inconclusive results during the quality control process, the CDC reported on Wednesday.

As a result, the CDC will likely need to remanufacture one of the kit reagents.

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