Skip to content

‘Testing hell’: Gift of devices to nursing homes brings new problems

Author
PUBLISHED:

Because the devices come with a modest starter-set of test supplies that only last a few weeks, facilities, many of them buffeted by financial losses from the pandemic, must pay roughly $32 for each additional test. In communities with high rates of infection, a typical nursing home can churn through hundreds of tests a week. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/29/health/covid-nursing-homes-testing.html