What to know about coronavirus testing, including drive-thru clinics, as COVID-19 spreads in the U.S.
some 3,900 specimens while U.S. public health labs have tested more than 12,000 specimens. Data collected over the last week are not completed. More than 81 public health labs are online in all 50 states and conducting testing, according to the CDC.A medical technologist tests a respiratory panel at Northwell Health Labs, where the same test will be used on the COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, after being authorized to begin semi-automated testing by the U.S.
"Clinicians should use their judgment to determine if a patient has signs and symptoms compatible with COVID-19 and whether the patient should be tested," according to theThose who should be prioritized include: 1) hospitalized patients with symptoms compatible with COVID-19; 2) symptomatic older adults or those with underlying health conditions; 3) health personnel who had contact with a suspected or confirmed COVID-19 patient with 14 days or travel to an affected region, theThe CDC...
Medical personnel secure a sample from a person at a drive-thru Coronavirus COVID-19 testing station at a Kaiser Permanente facility, March 12, 2020 in San Francisco.Public health officials told ABC News that testing is necessary mainly to track the spread of disease and insure proper treatment and isolation for those infected, especially since COVID-19 is an influenza-like illness.
Any test conducted on someone under quarantine requires even more resources and protection, the officials told ABC News.
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