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Coronavirus: California testing hamstrung by shortage of key chemical

The Mercury News, Mar. 12, 2020

March 12, 2020

Coronavirus: California testing hamstrung by shortage of key chemical

For help, California is turning to labs at four hospitals: Stanford, UC Los Angeles, UC San Diego and the City of Hope. By next week, it hopes to also offer testing through UC Davis, UC Irvine and Kaiser. UCSF only has the capacity to do 80 tests per day and limits their use to patients who are hospitalized or in the Emergency Department.