Team is researching at-home coronavirus testing, Garcetti says

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A coalition of scientific experts, bioscience firms, government leaders and foundations is researching at-home coronavirus testing, L.A. mayor says.

A coalition of scientific experts, bioscience firms, government leaders and foundations is researching at-home coronavirus testing, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said Wednesday.

“Last week, I brought together this group for the first time. It’s a grass-roots effort to accelerate the science of testing, so that we can know where outbreaks are quickly, and within days, bring those numbers down,” Garcetti said, adding that at-home testing could “get our childrenHe said the coalition is working with the U.S. Conference of Mayors and the National Governors Assn. to research the cost and volume of testing.

“If we get this right, we could be doing as many as a million tests a week, using paper strip testing here just in Los Angeles alone. We need help, though, to allow states and cities to purchase this critical tool at scale. It still may be some weeks or even a couple months off, but we need to find even better solutions now,” Garcetti said.

 

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You should start with schools. We need our kids back on campus NOW

They way these clowns are running the city, it's gonna be more like 'in-tent coronavirus testing'.

I feel bad for people living under this morons leadership.

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