An invalid Flowflex COVID-19 rapid test, with a false lot number, is shown next to a valid test. Philadelphia's health department is recalling thousands of the invalid tests after discovering they were not made by Flowflex's manufacturer.The Philadelphia health department is recalling tens of thousands of COVID-19 rapid tests after it discovered that the tests were invalid during a routine inventory check, health officials said.
the department to distribute tests and other COVID resources; it’s unclear how many those organizations have already given out, said James Garrow, the health department’s communications director.Garrow said the city received the tests from a distributor who purchases testing kits, masks, and other pandemic mitigation equipment from wholesale retailers. The city has been working with the distributor since 2021, he added.https://www.surveymonkey.