Contamination

Published on Apr 22, 2020Contamination at a lab at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reportedly delayed the rollout of coronavirus testing kits across the country earlier this year. David Willman, investigative reporter for The Washington Post, joins CBSN to discuss the story.Subscribe to the CBS News Channel HERE: https://bit.ly/2uz8qYEWatch CBSN live HERE: http://cbsn.ws/1PlLpZ7Follow…

The failure by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to quickly produce a test kit for detecting the novel coronavirus was triggered by a glaring scientific breakdown at the CDC’s central laboratory complex in Atlanta, according to scientists with knowledge of the matter and a determination by federal regulators. Bing COVID-19 tracker: Latest numbers…

The CDC facilities that assembled the kits violated sound manufacturing practices, resulting in contamination of one of the three test components used in the highly sensitive detection process, the scientists said.The cross contamination most likely occurred because chemical mixtures were assembled into the kits within a lab space that was also handling synthetic coronavirus material.…

YONKERS, NEW YORK - APRIL 14: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Yonkers Fire Department EMTs, clothed in personal ... [+] protective equipment (PPE), assist an Empress EMS medic to transport a patient with COVID-19 symptoms to a hospital on April 14, 2020 in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York. Different emergency services, even within the same cities, follow…

April 18, 2020 4:57 PM ET Cross contamination of coronavirus test kits reportedly happened at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) central laboratory in Atlanta after manufacturing practices were violated. The inability of the CDC to rapidly produce a test kit for the novel coronavirus was caused by a “glaring scientific breakdown” at…