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CDC urges labs to use COVID tests that can differentiate from flu - Fox News

CDC urges labs to use COVID tests that can differentiate from flu - Fox News

CDC urges labs to use COVID tests that can differentiate from flu - Fox News
Jul 25, 2021 42 secs

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) urged labs this week to stock clinics with kits that can test for both the coronavirus and the flu as the "influenza season" draws near. .

The CDC said Wednesday it will withdrawal its request for the "Emergency Use Authorization" of real-time diagnostic testing kits, which were used starting in February 2020 to detect signs of the coronavirus, by the end of the year. .

has reported more than 34.4 million cases of the coronavirus since the pandemic began in 2020 and more than 610,000 deaths. .

The CDC urged laboratories to "save both time and resources" by introducing kits that can determine and distinguish a positive test for the coronavirus and flu

"CDC encourages laboratories to consider adoption of a multiplexed method that can facilitate detection and differentiation of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses," the agency said Wednesday

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