CDC is witholding approval for private labs in NYS to begin testing.

[Raftergirl]

4. They have permission now.

Andrew Cuomo
@NYGovCuomo
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After days of advocating the federal gov't to expand #Coronavirus testing capacity, we just received word that Northwell Laboratories has been authorized to test.

Manual testing of 75-80 samples/day will begin at Northwell immediately.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">After days of advocating the federal gov't to expand <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Coronavirus?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Coronavirus</a> testing capacity, we just received word that Northwell Laboratories has been authorized to test.<br><br>Manual testing of 75-80 samples/day will begin at Northwell immediately. <a href="https://t.co/msbR6lnFDO">pic.twitter.com/msbR6lnFDO</a></p>— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) <a href="

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