Coronavirus: Diagnosis in California highlights testing flaws

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LOS ANGELES (NYTIMES) - Already in deep distress, the patient was rushed last week to a hospital in Northern California, severely ill and unable to breathe on her own.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

LOS ANGELES - Already in deep distress, the patient was rushed last week to a hospital in Northern California, severely ill and unable to breathe on her own.

The announcement on Wednesday that the patient was indeed infected left health officials in California searching for other cases and raised difficult questions about who should be tested for the infection and whether the nation was prepared to shoulder a burden necessary to keep the virus under control.

"I think the diagnostic issue is the single most important thing that keeps me up at night right now," said Dr Lauren Sauer, director of operations at the Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response.

 

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