Coronavirus test touted by Donald Trump produces many false negatives, study says

A rapid coronavirus test touted by President Donald Trump and used to test White House officials produces false negatives in almost half of all cases, according to new study by researchers at NYU Langone Health.The test by Abbott Laboratories, which returns positive results in five minutes and negative in 13 minutes, was compared with machines that have a turnaround time of 45 minutes.The researchers found that the Abbott test produced false negatives about a third of the time when virus sample…

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