Tests for suspected coronavirus patients in the US might not actually work, the head of the CDC said
A worker in protective gear checks a train passenger arriving at Xianning, near Wuhan on January 24, 2020.Tests being used by US officials for suspected cases of coronavirus are not 100% reliable, officials said Friday.
Robert Redfield, the CDC's director, pointed out problems with the test at a briefing on the virus, which originated in Wuhan, China, where some 200 people have died from it. In at least one case, a patient who had not been to China caught the infection, confirming that it is capable of spreading on its own within the US.
"If a person has HIV and I try their blood, I can tell you 100% whether they have HIV. That's not even near the case with this.", the coronavirus is difficult to diagnose.
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