July 27, 2020

The U.S. Has More COVID-19 Testing Than Most. So Why Is It Falling So Short?-Reuters

The United States might have more COVID-19 testing capacity than any other country. So why have we seen laboratories overwhelmed and many patients again waiting a week or more for results? At the heart of the crisis is a reliance by public and private labs on automated testing equipment that locks them in to using proprietary chemical kits and other tools made by a handful of manufacturers. Reuters, 07/27/2020