After early problems at the CDC and the FDA delayed by weeks the rollout of COVID-19 tests to states, labs have run into problems again -- this time, they are hunting for critical supplies.
More than a week later, the white tents erected in an old Kmart parking lot are still sitting idle. The site hasn’t been able to open yet because the city lacks testing supplies -- the specialized swabs that reach all the way to the back of a person’s nose and throat to collect a sample.
After Gov. Bill Lee and the Tennessee Air National Guard intervened to supply the kits, the Kmart site was set to begin doing tests by appointment Wednesday. Two others were set to open Monday morning. Call it a second wave of testing failures. After early problems at the CDC and the FDA delayed by weeks the rollout of COVID-19 tests to states, labs have run into problems again. This time, they are hunting for critical supplies. The supply shortages are hitting now just as many parts of the country were finally getting their testing programs running smoothly.
“Although we are rapidly expanding testing capacity, demand for the testing is growing faster, and we cannot accommodate everyone who wants testing and meet tight turnaround time expectations,” the company said.‘I Have No Idea When I Will Get the Tests Back’
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