Lab Alert: Changes to CDC RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2 Testing

Audience: Individuals Performing COVID-19 Testing Level: Laboratory Alert After December 31, 2021, CDC will withdraw the request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of the CDC 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel, the assay first introduced in February 2020 for detection of SARS-CoV-2 only. CDC is providing…

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Florida Requires Labs to Report Cycle Threshold Value With Every COVID-19 Test

BY MEILING LEE December 7, 2020 Updated: December 7, 2020 The Florida Department of Health (FDOH) is mandating that all laboratories involved in COVID-19 testing report the cycle threshold value of every test performed. In a memo (pdf) dated Dec. 3, the department said, “All positive, negative and indeterminate COVID-19 laboratory results must be reported…

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Coronavirus kits slammed as ‘dirty game’ after pawpaw ‘tested positive’

Alex Chapman   • Published: Monday, 4 May 2020 9:36 AM AEST A pawpaw and a goat have tested positive for coronavirus in Tanzania, according to its president. President John Magufuli has slammed imported testing kits as a “dirty game” and accused laboratories of lacking credibility. “The equipment or people may be compromised and sometimes it…

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