CDC lab producing coronavirus test kits may have been contaminated

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A lab for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta tasked with producing coronavirus test kits may have been contaminated.

The Trump administration ordered an investigation into the manufacturing of test kits for the COVID-19 virus after a top federal scientist from the Food and Drug Administration expressed concern about possible contamination occurring from the manufacturing process, according to a report from Axios. The government moved test kit manufacturing to another location while the lab in Atlanta is under investigation for potential contamination.

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