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2020-04-26 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Coronavirus: New York to allow tests in pharmacies

[BBC] The US state of New York, the epicentre of the country's Covid-19 outbreak, will allow pharmacies to carry out tests for the virus, the governor says.

Andrew Cuomo said some 5,000 pharmacies would be able to carry out testing, with the aim to provide 40,000 per day.

The US has more than 938,000 confirmed cases. Almost a third of the 53,751 deaths happened in New York City alone.

Meanwhile, President Donald Trump did not hold his daily briefing, saying it was not worth his "time or effort".

Speaking on Twitter on Saturday, he blamed the media for asking "nothing but hostile questions". He was heavily criticised after suggesting at Thursday's White House news conference that disinfectant could potentially be used as a treatment for the virus.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-04-26 01:22|| || Front Page|| [14 views ] Top

#1 The proper noun is "collect". You still need very sophisticated equipment to perform the actual tests.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-04-26 02:55|| 2020-04-26 02:55|| Front Page Top

#2 I woke up to a Meet The Press kind of show this morning. They were going on about how the Trump-promised expansion of testing could not happen because there is a shortage of chemical reagents for the foreseeable future, as everyone around the world needs the stuff. But Mr. Wife says China does not have a corner on reagent chemicals — they are produced worldwide, some as byproducts of the manufacture of other things, eg. Procter&Gamble is the world leader for glycerin as a result of making soap.

Posted by trailing wife 2020-04-26 15:46|| 2020-04-26 15:46|| Front Page Top

#3 ^Israeli biotech company develops alternative substance for virus testing

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-04-26 15:52|| 2020-04-26 15:52|| Front Page Top

#4 Wonderful news, g(r)omgoru!

Posted by trailing wife 2020-04-26 19:54|| 2020-04-26 19:54|| Front Page Top

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