But he tested negative for flu. This struck our paediatrician and the ER doctor as suspicious, and both wanted to test our 17-year-old athletic high school senior for the coronavirus. We were sent home from the ER awaiting the results of other tests before a request for the coronavirus test could be made. On Friday morning, after nearly three days of stressful family quarantine, we found out that Toby’s test was negative. With the lag in testing in New York, now it’s been scaled up, we’ll rapidly see more confirmed cases.

Source: BBC March 13, 2020 02:23 UTC