The move is part of a broader attempt by Cuomo to get a better grip on how widely the virus has spread across his state now that its 300 laboratories have ramped up capacity, with the aim of doubling output to 40,000 tests per day. The renewed focus on testing comes as the crisis appears to be subsiding
- New York will on Saturday begin conducting antibody tests for workers at four hospitals hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic and will allow local pharmacies to begin collecting samples for diagnostic tests, Governor Andrew Cuomo said.
"Twenty one days of hell, and now we are back to where we were 21 days ago," Governor Andrew Cuomo said."Testing is what we are compulsively or obsessively focused on now." Cuomo said it was important to test these"public-facing" groups of workers for both their own safety and also to protect the public as New York, in coordination with neighboring states, begins to look at when and how to reopen its economy.
Story continuesHe said New York would look to expand the testing universe as capacity to process tests increased.
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