Nursing Homes Still See Dangerously Long Waits for COVID Test Results

(By Jordan Rau and Lauren Weber and Rachana Pradhan for Kaiser Health News)

Nursing homes are still taking days to get back COVID-19 test results as many shun the Trump administration’s central strategy to limit the spread of the virus among old and sick Americans.

In late summer, federal officials began distributing to nursing homes millions of point-of-care antigen tests, which can be given on-site and report the presence or absence of the virus within minutes. By January, the Department of Health and Human Services is slated to send roughly 23 million rapid tests.  Continue reading article here…

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