New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday said the state will begin contracting with private labs to greatly increase the number of people tested for the novel coronavirus. For weeks leading up to the first case of coronavirus, state and local officials urged the federal government and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to open up testing capacity at several public labs, and to permit labs to do testing automatically instead of by hand.

Source: Wall Street Journal March 11, 2020 19:30 UTC