Prognosis
Nine-Day Wait for Covid Test Results Leaves Taiwan in Limbo
- People suspected to have virus wait days for results
- Less prepared to handle a surge than some other places in Asia
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People suspected of having Covid-19 are waiting up to nine days for a confirmed result in Taiwan, as a backlog at overstretched testing facilities compounds the challenges facing authorities battling a new outbreak.
The number of people seeking Covid tests has sharply increased over the past two weeks, stretching testing facilities that are now struggling to keep up, data from Taiwan’s Centers for Disease Control indicate. That’s led to frequent delays between when possible cases are first reported and when results are made available.