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FBI: Finger Prick Can't Detect COVID, Jersey Shore Lab Patients Should Get Retested ASAP FBI: Finger Prick Can't Detect COVID, Jersey Shore Lab Patients Should Get Retested ASAP
FBI: Finger Prick Can't Detect COVID, Jersey Shore Lab Patients Should Get Retested ASAP ALERT: "Rapid" finger-prick blood tests cannot diagnose active COVID-19 cases, federal authorities warned, while urging patients of a particular Jersey Shore lab that's under investigation to immediately get retested and notify the FBI. Finger-prick tests are used only to detect antibodies and not to diagnose active coronavirus cases, they said. "Only a test that uses a nasal swab or saliva should be used to diagnose active cases of COVID-19," the FBI Newark Field Office said in an alert Friday. "If you were recently tested for COVID-19 at Infinity Diagnostic Laboratory, located at 6715 At…

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FBI Urging COVID-19 Retests For Anyone Tested By Jersey Shore Lab FBI Urging COVID-19 Retests For Anyone Tested By Jersey Shore Lab
FBI Urging Covid-19 Retests For Anyone Tested By Jersey Shore Lab The FBI is urging anyone who got tested for COVID-19 at an Atlantic County lab to get tested again. In a tweet Friday morning, the FBI's Newark office said anyone tested at  Infinity Diagnostic Laboratory in Ventnor should be retested as soon as possible. Your response is voluntary but would be useful in a federal investigation. Based on the response provided, you may be contacted by the FBI and asked to provide additional information. Officials did not say why a retest was necessary, only that rapid finger prick blood tests are antibody tests and should not be used for diagnosing act…

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by Cecilia Levine