( Reuters) – New York will on Saturday start carrying out antibody tests for employees at 4 healthcare facilities struck hardest by the coronavirus pandemic and will allow local drug stores to start gathering samples for diagnostic tests, Guv Andrew Cuomo stated.
FILE PICTURE: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks in front of stacks of medical protective supplies throughout a press conference at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center which will be partly converted into a momentary healthcare facility throughout the outbreak of the coronavirus illness (COVID-19) in New York City City, New York, U.S., March 24,2020 REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Picture
The move belongs to a more comprehensive attempt by Cuomo to get a much better grip on how commonly the virus has actually spread out across his state now that its 300 laboratories have ramped up capacity, with the aim of doubling output to 40,000 tests daily.
The renewed concentrate on testing comes as the crisis appears to be going away in New york city, with hospitalizations for COVID-19, the illness triggered by the infection, falling to their lowest in three weeks, Cuomo told a day-to-day instruction on Saturday.
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