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The Harrison County local identified with Kentucky’s first case of coronavirus was twice rejected testing for COVID-19 at the instructions of the Kentucky Department of Health, the preliminary dealing with healthcare facility said in a statement Saturday.

According to a statement on Harrison Memorial Health center’s site, the “patient presented with flu-like symptoms” but did not meet state criteria for testing. The individual’s signs were treated and they were released, the statement stated.

Nevertheless, the client’s symptoms did not subside, so the client went back to the Cynthiana hospital where further tests were finished.

Again, according to the statement, the state Department of Health identified the client did not get approved for coronavirus screening.

Even though the client did not satisfy COVID-19 screening requirements, Harrison Memorial admitted the client due to their condition into an unfavorable seclusion space, the declaration said.

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” From there, the patient was moved to a tertiary care facility.”

The hospital discovered of the client’s favorable test for the coronavirus on Friday.

The client is being treated at the University of Kentucky’s Chandler Health center in Lexington.

” Like other states, Kentucky has actually been following the CDC standards for who and when to evaluate,” Public Health Commissioner Dr. Steven Stack stated in an emailed statement Saturday night. “This individual was tested when CDC standards and clinician judgment figured out screening was clinically shown.”

The roll-out of coronavirus testing throughout the U.S. has been slammed for its slow start

The preliminary test sets provided to state public health laboratories by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention contained a problematic part, leading to postponed testing abilities throughout the nation as the virus spread.

The CDC fixed the error and states have gradually had the ability to conduct testing by themselves. Kentucky’s own public health laboratory became equipped to run COVID-19 tests on Monday, March 2.

When asked if the