Thread by @1foreverseeking

What's going on here? #Coronavirus

CDC claims after they distributed CDC rRT-PCR tests to diagnose COVID-19 to state & local labs, performance issues were identified related to problem in manufacturing 1 of reagents. Labs couldn't verify test performance

cdc.gov/coronavirus/20…

CDC now claims they developed new protocol using 2 of the 3 components of original CDC test kit to detect the virus that causes COVID-19 after establishing 3rd component, which was a problem w/ original test, can be excluded without affecting accuracy.

I see 4 reagents. 🧐

CDC is working with FDA to amend existing Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the test, but FDA granted discretionary authority for use of original test kits.
Public laboratories can use original CDC test kit to test for the virus that causes COVID-19 using new protocol.

"Further, newly manufactured kits have been provided to the International Reagent Resource external icon for distribution."

So CDC is providing bad kits to US public labs, but they're offering the new working test kits to anyone in the world who wants to order them?

What???

CDC says that combined with other reagents that CDC has procured, there are enough testing kits to test more than 75,000 people.

But since they're providing them internationally, how many does that leave for US citizens?

IRR
#Coronavirus

US FDA issued Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) 02/04/20 for emergency use of test kit in US.

CDC produced EUA & Research Use Only (RUO) test kits now available to order by domestic & INTERNATIONAL public health partners through IRR

internationalreagentresource.org/Home.aspx#

When looking through the IRR catalog using word search, and even without, I see no test kits for new #Coronavirus.