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Coronavirus testing in US may be limited by shortage of raw materials - Business Insider

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The US is struggling to test more people for coronavirus. Now, it's facing a shortage of the raw materials used to run those tests.

The US is struggling to ramp up testing for the new coronavirus, which has killed more than 4,000 people and infected 121,000 worldwide.As of March 8, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported only 1,707 patients had been tested.

The CEO of Seattle-based Providence St. Joseph Health System told Business Insider that labs it works with don't have the materials needed to run the tests.Since the novel coronavirus first struck the US, the country has seen 31 coronavirus-related deaths, and the number of cases hasPublic health officials are struggling to get a sense of just how widespread the coronavirus outbreak is on US soil, in part due a lack of tests.

 

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