CDC Says Coronavirus Test Kits Flawed

Some coronavirus test kits distributed by the Centers for Disease Controls are flawed, and have resulted in "inconclusive" readings, resulting in delayed results, the CDC reported Thursday.

The CDC sent out 200 test kits to labs in the U.S. and to more than 30 countries after getting emergency-use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration.

"We are looking into all of these issues to understand what went wrong," said Nancy Messonnier, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the CDC, on a press call with reporters.

"Obviously, a state wouldn't want to be doing this test and using it to make clinical decisions if it isn't working as well, as perfectly, at the state as it is at CDC,” Messonnier said.

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