Crucial coronavirus antibody tests destined for New York City caught in red tape in China

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The first 100,000 coronavirus antibody tests authorized by FDA and headed to New York City could have been deployed days ago, but they’ve been stuck in red-tape limbo in China, officials tell ABC News.

Antibody testing can determine if a person’s blood shows signs of COVID-19 exposure.

A medical professional collects a sample after administering a coronavirus test to a patient at a drive-thru coronavirus testing site, April 6, 2020 in Jericho, New York. “I felt so helpless and so heartbroken,” James Li, the CEO and chief science officer of Cellex, said of the delays. “We received tons of inquiries asking for the test and we got e-mails from doctors, 'Can you give me the test?’ [Because] they would go to New York to help if [they were] antibody-positive.”Some business and political leaders, including New York Gov.

Nurse Practitioner Diane Alvarez examines a patient while testing him for the novel coronavirus at the Velocity Urgent Care in Woodbridge, Va., April 15, 2020.Cellex executives even considered whether workers could deconstruct the packaged test kits and ship them stateside in components that would not fall under the export restrictions.

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