Prognosis
U.S. Finally Ramps Up Virus Testing, But Demand Still Outpaces Supply
Shortages have led to the rationing of tests for hospital patients and sick health-care workers in a grim trade-off
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Nearly a week after submitting tests for Covid-19, a medical practice in North Carolina was still waiting for the results. New York City health-care facilities were told to only test people who are already hospitalized. A clinic in Oakland, California, has been conserving scarce supplies and turned away symptomatic patients who just a week earlier would have been tested.