About as many said they were unable to meet current testing needs. Wait times for test results from both companies have ballooned to several days — in some cases stretching well over a week. Some are run in public health laboratories operated by governments at the federal, state or local level. But most state public health labs are not set up to perform diagnostics en masse, Dr. Shone said. “We’re here for the initial emergency response, then the clinical lab system of the country typically takes on the lion’s share of testing.”

Source: International New York Times July 23, 2020 14:53 UTC