Coronavirus: US government test kits are faulty and 'cannot be relied upon', New York reports New York City has reported the government-issued tests are faulty and "cannot be relied upon to provide an accurate result." "Testing for coronavirus is not available yet in New York City," city Department of Health spokeswoman Stephanie Buhle told ProPublica. "The kits that were sent to us have demonstrated performance issues and cannot be relied upon to provide an accurate result." The test was developed by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention earlier in February. This genetic test was sent out to 100 state and city labs, in addition to overseas sites.  Reports indicate, though, that fewer than a dozen labs have produced definite results when using the test. Only the CDC and labs in Illinois, Idaho, Tennessee, California, Nevada, and Nebraska were able to run tests.  New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Deputy Commissioner Demetre Daskalakis  confirmed  that the public health labs found problems with the current tests administered by the CDC.  The CDC is also developing a new test to be released at a later date. New York City has one possible case of coronavirus, but the test results are still pending. Another 27 cases were reported in the city but each of the results came back negative.  https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/coronavirus-tests-new-york-us-cases-kits-trump-cdc-results-a9365921.html?fbclid=IwAR2liPXH6tHg2ddFkflcBTR1m8SwOVcHOb7smK9Dt7HzIOKbDoecffYOwAk