CORONAVIRUS | New York is home of the nation's worst coronavirus outbreak, with about 78,000 cases and 3,600 deaths.
In New York City, an intensive care nurse treated patients for three days after she started displaying symptoms of Covid-19 but couldn't get a test from her hospital. In Georgia, a nurse was denied a test after treating an infected patient who died.
But she had the virus, an infection she confirmed when she took it upon herself to get tested at a private clinic, she said.A hospital spokesperson declined to comment on the nurse’s case but said that mildly symptomatic employees could now get tested. "It’s obvious that we should be testing healthcare workers, just as points of infectivity," Caplan said.
While some hospitals have announced plans to test more employees in recent days due to increased capacity, the inconsistency across states has created a patchwork of testing protocols based on the supplies available.
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