The CDC reportedly shipped defective tests to health departments nationwide. Meanwhile, people with symptoms say they’ve been denied tests
Other countries are aggressively testing for coronavirus — why can’t we? Photo: KTSDESIGN/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images/Science Photo Library As the coronavirus case count climbs in the United States, and as several people who have no known links to other outbreaks have started to chart symptoms, the need for a reliable, mass-produced diagnostic test has become pressing.
Flaws in the test kits. The issues here appear, unfortunately, to be manifold: To start, the U.S. reportedly insisted on coming up with its own test when COVID-19 first started to spread, even though the World Health Organization had already approved a German-made test for global distribution. When the CDC did eventually roll out its own three-part diagnostic system in February, the kits reportedly returned inconclusive results, due to what the Times deemed a “manufacturing defect.
People with symptoms say they’ve been denied tests. The CDC has since expanded its criteria somewhat, and last week, the Food and Drug Administration authorized labs and hospitals to start screening people using their own validated tests. Still, widespread confusion is king, according to the Times. A Rhode Island professor, Onésimo T. Almeida, had a bit more luck: He started coughing, sneezing, and sustained a weeklong fever after returning from a conference in Portugal. Initially, the state health department said he didn’t meet the criteria for screening, according to the Times, but then called him back and told him to drive to a hospital for testing — which reportedly took place in the parking lot, through his car window.
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