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Labs can t tell you if you have a COVID variant, a problem for tracking and prevention

Feb 26, 2021 11:55 AM EDT COVID-19 infections from variant strains are quickly spreading across the U.S., but there’s one big problem: Lab officials say they can’t tell patients or their doctors whether someone has been infected by a variant. Federal rules around who can be told about the variant cases are so confusing that public health officials may merely know the county where a case has emerged but can’t do the kind of investigation and deliver the notifications needed to slow the spread, according to Janet Hamilton, executive director of the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists. “It could be associated with a person in a high-risk congregate setting or it might not be, but without patient information, we don’t know what we don’t know,” Hamilton said. The group has asked federal officials to waive the rules. “Time is ticking.”

Have a case of a COVID variant? No one is going to tell you

Feb 26, 2021 3:20pm Tests for detecting variants have not yet been approved as a diagnostic either by the FDA or under federal rules governing university labs. (Getty Images) COVID-19 infections from variant strains are quickly spreading across the U.S., but there’s one big problem: Lab officials say they can’t tell patients or their doctors whether someone has been infected by a variant. Federal rules around who can be told about the variant cases are so confusing that public health officials may merely know the county where a case has emerged but can’t do the kind of investigation and deliver the notifications needed to slow the spread, according to Janet Hamilton, executive director of the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists.

Have a case of a COVID-19 variant? No one is going to tell you

Have a case of a COVID-19 variant? No one is going to tell you
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Aldatu Begins Offering COVID-19 Testing Services for Health Care Providers, Employers and Schools

Aldatu Begins Offering COVID-19 Testing Services for Health Care Providers, Employers and Schools Share Article Boston-area Firm Offers Rapid Turnaround of Diagnostic Tests “COVID-19 presents unique diagnostic testing challenges,” said Iain MacLeod, Ph.D., co-founder and CEO of Aldatu. “Our PANDAA™ platform has demonstrated it can work with the new SARS-CoV-2 variants with no loss of sensitivity and specificity.” WATERTOWN, Mass. (PRWEB) February 25, 2021 Aldatu Biosciences, the leader in adaptive PCR diagnostics, announced the opening of new, expanded lab and R&D space in Watertown. The move to the new, 7,000-square-foot facility comes as demand grows for Aldatu’s unique PCR-based test for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

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