New York Leads Race to Expand Coronavirus Testing

By | March 16, 2020

Andrew M. Cuomo, governor of New York.

Aaron Glatt, MD, chief of infectious diseases and hospital epidemiologist, Mount Sinai South Nassau, New York City.

Eric Blank, chief program officer, Association of Public Health Laboratories.

Sarah Eiler, parent, Atlanta.

News Briefing, Glen Island Park, March 13, 2020.

White House, Memorandum on Expanding State Approved Diagnostic Tests, March 13, 2020.

News Briefing, White House, March 13, 2020.

Korea Center for Disease Control: March 8, 2020, test numbers.

House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearings: March 11 and 12.

USA Today: “How the NBA’s Utah Jazz Were Able to Get 58 Coronavirus Tests.”

Texas Tribune: “She’s a Texas nurse who treats cancer patients — and she can’t get a coronavirus test. That’s not unusual.”

House Committee on Oversight and Reform: “Fauci Testifies Coronavirus Testing System ‘Not Really Geared to What We Need Right Now.’ ”

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