Labs in Every State Could Have Capacity to Test for New Coronavirus by Next Week: Lab Group

Swab samples in a coronavirus testing laboratory in Scotland in a Feb. 19, 2020. Jane Barlow - WPA Pool/Getty Images

Public health labs in every state could have the capacity to test samples for the new coronavirus in the next week, the CEO of a group that represents state and local labs said Thursday.

“Our goal is to get testing up and running in every state in the next few days or a week,” Scott Becker, CEO of the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) told The Epoch Times.