Congress, LA take divergent paths after COVID test warning The city of Los Angeles has said it will keep using a coronavirus test that federal regulators warned may produce false results while Congress, which has used the same test, is seeking an alternativeLOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles will continue using a coronavirus test that federal regulators warned may produce false results while Congress, which has used the same test, is seeking an alternative. He said a third of the city's positive test results have been in asymptomatic people. No test is 100% accurate and even the most sensitive are expected to deliver a small percentage of false results. All COVID-19 tests on the U.S. market have been quickly developed and rushed through testing to respond to the pandemic. He wasn’t concerned that bad test results were contributing to the exponential spread of the virus in the county.

Source: ABC News January 08, 2021 17:13 UTC