Labs running 24/7 can’t process samples quickly enough from millions of Americans tested for coronavirus every week.
Giroir said new"point of care" testing platforms, which deliver quick results at doctors offices and clinics, should add 10 to 20 million tests each month by September. In the meantime, he urged Americans demonstrate “personal responsibility” by wearing masks, distancing from others, hand washing and shielding vulnerable people such as older adults or those with underlying health conditions that put them at greater risk.
Shannon Novey and her family arrived there at 7:15 a.m. Thursday, almost two hours before the center opened and found more than 80 people already in line ahead of them. By the 9 a.m. start time, there were 200 to 250 more behind them. “If you have a time-sensitive need for a test and aren’t actively exhibiting symptoms its really your only option, and that’s a little bit scary,” said Novey, who learned Friday night their tests were negative.
Unable to get a testing appointment at a drug store or a local hospital system, he visited an urgent care center with dozens of patients ahead of him. He got tested two days later. The nasal swab tests took minutes to administer, but he did not get results for another 16 days, he said on social media.Such long testing delays are not unusual in metro Phoenix.
Richard Brown, 88, moved into a small Scottsdale, Arizona, care home in December and settled well with other residents and caregivers. An avid runner, cyclist and mountain hiker, he maintained an impressive level of fitness as he aged. He was never tested for the virus at the home, and now she wonders whether routine testing might’ve caught his infection earlier.
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottom said this week it took her eight days to get results for her family's tests. She tested positive for the virus, so did her husband and one of their children. Had she received test results more quickly,"we could have immediately quarantined," she said Wednesday on Twitter.“We’re suffering for not having a clear federal strategy,” he said. “What we wind up having is every testing center for itself.
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