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The California Department of Public Health is Investigating Whistleblower Allegations of Mismanagement and Incompetence at the State’s New Billion Dollar COVID-19 Testing Laboratory

According to reports by the Associated Press, U.S. News & World Report, and numerous other news outlets, the investigation concerns whistleblower allegations including lab technicians sleeping on the job while processing testing samples, contamination resulting in inconclusive tests, swapped samples, inaccurate results, as well as unlicensed and inadequately trained employees handling patient specimens.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/california/articles/2021-02-09/california-probes-whistleblower-allegations-from-covid-lab

https://abc7.com/ca-whistleblower-lab-california-investigation-perkinelmer-santa-clarita-covid-testing-under/10327377/