Contamination at CDC lab was likely cause of critical early delays in rolling out coronavirus testing

Contamination in manufacturing the CDC test for the coronavirus caused weeks of delays that slowed the US response to the pandemic, multiple health officials said

"CDC made its test in one of its laboratories, rather than in its manufacturing facilities," the FDA spokesperson told CNN on Saturday."CDC did not manufacture its test consistent with its own protocol."The government has never fully explained what stalled the rollout of a crucial test needed to begin measuring the extent of the spread of Covid-19.

The FDA was simultaneously working with the CDC to allow public health labs to use the existing test kits with two of the three components, eliminating the third component that had been causing many of the tests to deliver inaccurate results, the two FDA officials said. This is where all 50 states stand on reopeningTwo FDA officials and an administration official said there did not appear to be an issue with the design of the CDC test. The problem was the manufacturing process.

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