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Testing Shortages Force Extreme Shift In Strategy By Local Health Officials
Public health officials in California's state capital region announced this
week they have stopped tracing the contacts of patients diagnosed with the
novel coronavirus. They've also ceased recommending quarantines for
residents exposed to people confirmed to have the virus.
It was a grim recognition of the virus' infiltration — and is yet another
sign of the detrimental effects of a lack of capability in the U.S. to test
people for the deadly coronavirus as it continues to spread.
"The reason we have to move on is because testing did not occur. We're still
able to do about 20 tests a day," said Dr. Peter Beilenson, director of
Sacramento County's Department of Health Services. "If you really wanted to
quarantine and contain the situation, you would have wanted to know who was
positive and quarantine them. Because we never had the tests, it's kind of a
moot point, and the horse is out of the barn." |
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