Laredo was in desperate need of coronavirus tests.

So, a private emergency room owner paid $500,000 up front for 20,000 tests.

But city health workers quickly determined the tests were unreliable and unusable.

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A Laredo ER spent $500,000 on coronavirus tests. Health officials s...

A private emergency room owner bought 20,000 rapid COVID-19 tests, but a week later they were seized by the federal government. It's a bitter example of what can go wrong when local governments try...

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2/ It& #39;s a bitter example of what can go wrong when local governments try to buy supplies on the open market from unknown manufacturers. http://bit.ly/2xjIe5x ">https://bit.ly/2xjIe5x&q...
A Laredo ER spent $500,000 on coronavirus tests. Health officials s...

A private emergency room owner bought 20,000 rapid COVID-19 tests, but a week later they were seized by the federal government. It's a bitter example of what can go wrong when local governments try...

http://bit.ly/2xjIe5x
3/ Critics say the FDA isn’t keeping up with a growing number of international manufacturers peddling kits in online emporiums, sometimes claiming FDA authorizations that don’t exist. http://bit.ly/2xjIe5x ">https://bit.ly/2xjIe5x&q...
A Laredo ER spent $500,000 on coronavirus tests. Health officials s...

A private emergency room owner bought 20,000 rapid COVID-19 tests, but a week later they were seized by the federal government. It's a bitter example of what can go wrong when local governments try...

http://bit.ly/2xjIe5x
4/ Today, Laredo, a city of 260,000 on the banks of the Rio Grande, faces a much more dire coronavirus situation than it did a week ago when the tests arrived. http://bit.ly/2xjIe5x ">https://bit.ly/2xjIe5x&q...
A Laredo ER spent $500,000 on coronavirus tests. Health officials s...

A private emergency room owner bought 20,000 rapid COVID-19 tests, but a week later they were seized by the federal government. It's a bitter example of what can go wrong when local governments try...

http://bit.ly/2xjIe5x
5/5 As the kits sat unused, six Laredoans died of COVID-19 over seven days, giving the city one of the highest per capita death rates in the state. http://bit.ly/2xjIe5x ">https://bit.ly/2xjIe5x&q...
A Laredo ER spent $500,000 on coronavirus tests. Health officials s...

A private emergency room owner bought 20,000 rapid COVID-19 tests, but a week later they were seized by the federal government. It's a bitter example of what can go wrong when local governments try...

http://bit.ly/2xjIe5x
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