More than half of the state-run medical testing facilities on the front line of the fight against the new coronavirus outbreak have been cited since 2017 by the main U.S. laboratory regulator for failing to meet national standards, inspection reports show
Most problems at more than two dozen labs were remedied, but the violations raise questions about facilities crucial in fight against coronavirus
Test kits have been one of the main ways to determine if a patient has coronavirus, but results from throat-swab tests can be inaccurate. WSJ visited a lab in Singapore to see how the kits work and find out why there are questions over accuracy. Photo: Crystal Tai
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