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CDC issues lab alert regarding RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV-2

The CDC will end the Emergency Use Authorization for the RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV-2 on December 31, 2021.  This alert was issued to give labs time to find other tests to use. CDC encourages laboratories to consider adoption of a multiplexed method that can facilitate detection and differentiation of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses. Such assays…