Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, says the world may not eradicate Covid-19 — but we may be able to control it with a vaccine and good public health measures.
US commercial labs won't be able to cope with a testing surge during flu season, Quest executive warnsPeople in cars line up in Pittsburgh on March 16 for drive-by Covid-19 testing. The testing is done in partnership with Quest Diagnostics. Gene J. Puskar/AP
In an interview published Tuesday, Davis said, “There is no way that PCR capacity is going to double in the next three months,” referring to the polymerase chain reaction tests – the most common and most accurate tests for determining whether someone is currently infected with coronavirus.Quest said in a Monday news release Covid-19 test results are lagging by up to two weeks in some cases, as the company works to handle the increased load from surging cases.
The US Food and Drug Administration on Saturday granted an Emergency Use Authorization for Quest to conduct pool testing for Covid-19.
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