There are no coronavirus testing kits available in Florida
6 days ago by msn.com
As fears of the coronavirus spread across country, Florida does not have any CDC-issued testing kits available to doctors. If a doctor in Florida suspects that a patient has the coronavirus, they will take a sample from the patient’s nose or lungs. Those samples are then sent to the Centers for Disease Control and results are returned about 48 hours later. Sign up for our Newsletters 4 people under investigation for coronavirus in Florida... read more...
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