A supply shortage forces San Bernardino to cancel hundreds of COVID-19 testing appointments. Officials hope to resume testing next week.
, where more than 1 million tests have been distributed, officials said that the demand for testing has outpaced the county’s current supply.for the virus. After weeks of stressing that all individuals — including potential asymptomatic spreaders — should be tested, public health officials placed priority on those who are showing symptoms, work in a high-risk environment or have come in contact with a person known to have been exposed to the virus.
“The mismatch of demand has become more apparent,” L.A. County Health Services Director Dr. Christina Ghaly said. “We have to watch the supply chain.”Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti echoed the sentiment during a briefing Wednesday night. Garcetti said that there was more testing capacity than demand in the city two weeks ago, but that capacity was stretched last week.for testing for the past three weeks.
“We see choke points nationally in the supply chain — everything from reagents to some of the swabs, and the surge in states likeand Georgia, have caused labs to be past their capacity across the county,” Garcetti said, noting that has not been the case at the six city test sites run by Curative labs and nonprofit group Community Organized Relief Effort, or CORE.
The mayor said that the city is working to expand testing capacity, but he stressed that people should not get tested in order to socialize outside of their households.
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