CDC Develops Single Test for
COVID-19 and Both Flu Strains According to CNN, CDC director
Dr. Robert Redfield is scheduled
to testify Tuesday at a House
coronavirus oversight hearing. Redfield says the agency "has developed a new laboratory
test that checks for three viruses at the same time,
two types of influenza viruses (A and B) and
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19." Dr. Robert Redfield, via
opening statement Dr. Robert Redfield, via
opening statement Redfield also said the test will help find
co-infections, "which is important for doctors
to diagnose and treat people correctly." Others to testify at the hearing include
Dr. Anthony Fauci, Department of Health
and Human Services Assistant Secretary
for Health Brett Giroir and U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn.