[setter]

Per the Daily Mail, hospitals in the US can easily do the test in 4-6 hours to confirm the virus but the FDA is not giving them permission so the hospitals must send it to the CDC which takes days.

[RummyChick]

Indiana has announced monitoring cases

[Vermont Lt]

I was under the impression that the CDC communicated the testing process. If that was the case, hospitals can test a sample and know—and send another sample to the cdc for their confirmation.

[Mariner]

“hospitals in the US can easily do the test in 4-6 hours to confirm the virus but the FDA is not giving them permission”

Citation/link?

[Black Agnes]

Can you post that link here and/or in its own thread?

Shocking if true.

[Drago]

CDC now sending out test kits to states/hospitals for “local testing” instead of sending all samples to Atlanta.

https://www.wptv.com/news/national/cdc-sending-coronavirus-testing-kits-to-priority-states-as-cases-increase-in-us

[justa-hairyape]

Screw that. Hospital does both. Uses internal test for internal procedures. Does not tell patient. Waits for CDC confirmation. Then tells patient if both agree.