FDA Recalls More Than 2 Million At-Home COVID Test Kits Due to False Positive Results

Ashley Sadler : Nov 18, 2021
LifeSiteNews.com

Citing an FDA report, The Federalist noted that "a false positive could result in delayed diagnosis or treatment for an individual's actual illness, unnecessary COVID-19 treatments which can have dire side effects, or needless isolation."

[LifeSiteNews.com] The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week announced the recall of some 2.2 million COVID-19 at-home testing kits after finding the kits produced a "higher-than-acceptable" rate of "false positive test results." (Screengrab image)

CBS reported that the massive recall "is an expansion of last month's recall of 200,000 kits for the same issue."

The Biden administration had financially backed the defective tests' manufacturer earlier this year, agreeing to a $231.8 million deal on February 24 to increase the amount of at-home COVID-19 tests in the United States.

The FDA said the tests are being pulled due to producing "higher-than-acceptable false positive test results for SARS-CoV-2."

The federal agency added that the recall of the more than 2 million kits is categorized "as 'the most serious type,' known as a Class I recall," adding that the "[u]se of these tests may cause serious adverse health consequences or death."

Citing an FDA report, The Federalist noted that "a false positive could result in delayed diagnosis or treatment for an individual's actual illness, unnecessary COVID-19 treatments which can have dire side effects, or needless isolation"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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