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Johnson County labs 'overwhelmed,' test results delayed

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Johnson County labs 'overwhelmed,' test results delayed

Johnson County labs 'overwhelmed,' test results delayed

The Johnson County, Kansas, Department of Health and Environment said Wednesday it is experiencing a delay in getting COVID-19 test results back from its labs.

HERE IN THE KANSAS CITYAREA, WE'RE SEEING THESAME ISSUE OF LABSNEARING CAPACITY,41 ACTION NEWS ANCHORGABRIELLA PAGAN TALKEDTO HEALTH OFFICIALSABOUT WHAT THEY'REDOING TO MEET DEMAND.THE GOAL IS TO TEST -AND FROM THE MOMENTCORONAVIRUS WASDECLARED A PANDEMIC -THERE HAS BEEN ACONSISTENT PUSH FORINCREASED TESTING.BUT NOW THERE'S ABACKLOGNancy Tausz/ Health ServicesDivision Dir.

KCMO Health Dept." anywhere from about,probably about 1500 testswere waiting for results."ONE OF THE METRO'SLARGEST HEALTHDEPARTMENTSANNOUNCING THE LAG INRESULTS... AS TWO OF THENATION'S LARGESTTESTING COMPANIESANNOUNCED TURNAROUNDTIMES ARE GOING TO TAKELARGEST HEALTHDEPARTMENTSANNOUNCING THE LAG INRESULTS... AS TWO OF THENATION'S LARGESTTESTING COMPANIESANNOUNCED TURNAROUNDTIMES ARE GOING TO TAKELONGER DUE TO ANINCREASE IN DEMAND.DR. LEE NORMAN/"we know that the testingnationwide is becomingstrained I was on a phone callyesterday with the hospitalexecutives throughout."BUT WITH NO IMMEDIATEFIX IN SIGHT - ON THEHEELS OF A HOLIDAYWEEKEND - - HEALTHOFFICIALS SAY THEY'RECONCERNED.Bill Snook/ KCMO Health Dept."we have some statistics thatMemorial Day, Father's Day,Mother's Day we had a little bitof a flat line for a week or twoand then cases went up andthen we had a flat line andthen cases went up, thisweekend is pretty scarybecause we don't know whatwe're going to be seeing in thenext two weeks."KCMO HEALTHDEPARTMENT PARTNERSWITH 4 TO 5 AGENCIES TODO TESTING THOSEAGENCIES THEN PARTNERWITH 10 TO 15 LABS TOGET THE RESULTS.SNOOK SAYS ALL OFTHEM AREOVERWHELMED BUTONLY SOME AREEXPERIENCING DELAYS.TauszIs there any way we couldhave anticipated this andprepared for this?"No..."" no I think we were allanxiously waiting to get moretests so that we could testmore individuals so it's just Ithink it all happened andeverybody got tested aboutthe same time..."AS FOR HOW LONG OF ADELAY THEY CAN EXPECT?"... maybe 7 to 10, 12, 14... Icouldn't tell you.

I would putout long because I don'tknow."THEIR ADVICE IT TO STAYHOME AND QUARANTINETHIS holiday WEEKEND.Snook"We are not going to test ourway out of this the best waywe can do it is take socialresponsibility And just wear amask."IN KC, GP, 41 ACTI




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