Coronavirus Testing Kits to Be Sent to Labs Across US in Race to Stop Pandemic

Coronavirus Testing Kits to Be Sent to Labs Across US in Race to Stop Pandemic
People wear surgical masks in the subway station at Times Square in New York on Jan. 31, 2020. Bryan R Smith/Reuters
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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Laboratories across the United States will receive coronavirus testing kits this week from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), federal officials said on Wednesday.

The rapid test was only available at CDC laboratories, causing a delay in getting back results and frustrating some local and state officials, before the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted state laboratories permission on Tuesday to use it.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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