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COVID tests lagging: Slower turnaround times creeping back for Californians
The lab was set up earlier in the pandemic to handle 700 COVID-19 specimens each day; now it’s receiving about 2,000, said the lab’s director, Godfred Masinde. Author: Barbara Feder Ostrov (CalMatters) Published: 3:37 PM PST December 11, 2020 Updated: 3:37 PM PST December 11, 2020
Seven days a week, San Francisco’s public health laboratory operates until midnight. Workers are exhausted, their director says. And still, the COVID-19 specimens keep coming in their little plastic tubes, with test results expected quickly to help manage California’s alarming surge of infections.
The lab was set up earlier in the pandemic to handle 700 COVID-19 specimens each day; now it’s receiving about 2,000, said the lab’s director, Godfred Masinde.
The average turnaround time for COVID-19 test results rose 30% in November as people flocked to test sites before Thanksgiving. Pressure on labs is expected to intensify. Story from @CalMatters.
Written by Elizabeth Pratt on January 25, 2021 â Fact checked by Jennifer Chesak
President Joe Biden says wearing a mask during the COVID-19 pandemic is a patriotic duty. Igor Alecsander/Getty Images
President Joe Biden, sworn in on Jan. 20, has asked that everyone in the country wear a mask for the first 100 days of his presidency to slow the spread of COVID-19.
Experts say that if the country complies with that request, it will significantly reduce COVID-19 cases.
However, they note that the impact may take weeks to materialize, so people may be discouraged and stop wearing masks.
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