Los Angeles is now the first major city to offer COVID-19 tests to anybody who wants one, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Wednesday
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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti speaks during a Los Angeles County Health Department press conference on the novel coronavirus, on March 4, 2020 in Los Angeles, California, along with Los Angeles County Public Health director Barbara Ferrer and Supervisor Hilda Solis.Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said Wednesday that anybody who wants a COVID-19 test can now sign up to get one.
Los Angeles is the first major city in the US to extend testing to people who have no symptoms of the coronavirus. Front-line workers and those with signs of COVID-19 will continue to have priority.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more storiesBack in March, US President Donald Trump promised that "anybody that wants a test can get a test.
"We know that coronavirus is a silent killer that moves quietly through the population," Garcetti said at an April 29 press conference, announcing the move. As of Wednesday night, Los Angeles had over 1,000 deaths from the virus and 22,485 cases. "Many people who transmit the disease — this is why it is so deadly — don't know that they have it," the mayor noted. "And this illustrates why making testing available to anyone who wants it is essential. We heard national leaders talk about that in early March, but it's difficult for folks to scale that ."Los Angeles has tested over 140,000 people over the last month and has the capacity to test 18,000 more every day.
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