Authority doubted the reliability of the Corona trial in the United States

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Authority doubted the reliability of the Corona trial in the United States

In the case of a, among other things, in the White house, used Corona rapid test in the United States there are increasing doubts as to the reliability. The US food and Drugs administration FDA warned on Thursday (local time), the health care company Abbott manufactured test system, delivering possibly incorrect results. The FDA pointed to several studies. For the Test, Abbott had received in March, an emergency approval by the FDA. US President, Donald Trump, Vice Chairman Mike Pence, as well as Top employees are currently being tested daily with the help of the rapid test for infection with the Coronavirus.

The System, called "ID Now" should be able to demonstrate with Material of nose an infection with Sars smears-CoV-2. The FDA expressed the concern that it is perhaps more likely to wrong results: the Infected people might receive a negative test result. They think they are healthy and can plug in the result unknowingly to other people.

It is not the reliability of the Tests will doubt, if this gives a positive result, it said. The FDA also is still in the review phase and is in direct contact with Abbott. The company informed that it will currently being investigated, such as the robustness of the results could be improved. It is pointed out that users had previously reported a very low error rate. In addition, the device had not been used in some studies to be appropriate. Errors in handling, storage and Transport of the system could affect the result.

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