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Early batches of a kit developed by the US government to diagnose the novel coronavirus infection have been plagued by problems that initially limited their use and cast doubt on their accuracy The problems were first reported by the Washington Post, and C&EN learned soon after that the kits contained faulty reagents that led to inconclusive readouts The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has started an investigation into what exactly went wrong with the tests The CDC designed and manufactured the test kit, which detects the RNA genome of the virus, called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) The US Food and Drug Administration has approved its use in public health departments nationwide As of March 5, SARS-CoV-2 has killed 10 people in the US and infected nearly 100 Several hundred people have been tested, but the CDC has now stopped reporting testing numbers in favor of [truncated]
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