Many are experiencing significant wait times for results when it comes to testing for the Coronavirus.
The Governor addressed the issue Wednesday.
The issue is particularly concerning because it means days, and some times weeks, before an infectious person knows to isolate.
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RIGHT NOW YOU CAN SUBMITYOUR QUESTIONS ON OUR FACEBOOKPAGE AT FOX-4-FORT-MYERS.WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING THEIRCOVID TEST RESULTS... MANYPEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCINGSIGNIFICANT WAIT TIMES.THIS IS PARTICULARLY CONCERNING,BECAUSE IT MEANS DAYS, AND SOMETIMES *WEEKS, BEFORE ANINFECTIOUS PERSON KNOWS TOISOLATE.THIS MORNING... OUR JESSICAALPERN IS FOLLOWING THE LATESTON THIS, INCLUDING WHAT THEGOVERNOR SAYS IS BEING DONE TOHELP.INTRO:IT WAS AN ISSUE GOVERNOR RONDESANTIS ADDRESSED DURING HISLATEST NEWS CONFERENCEYESTERDAY.VO:STARTING FRIDAY, DESANTIS SAYSTHE STATE WILL BE DEBUTINGSYMPTOMATIC LANES AT A NUMBER OFTESTING SITES TO HELP TURNRESULTS AROUND QUICKER.THE GOAL IS TO GET PEOPLE WHOTEST POSITIVE ISOLATED MOREQUICKLY.DESANTIS ADDRESSED ISSUES WITHTURNAROUND TIME FROM PRVATELABS, WHICH PROVIDE THE MAJORITYOF TEST RESULTS FOR THE STATE.SAYING THOSE THAT HAVE BEENTAKING TOO LONG TO GET PEOPLERESULTS WON’T BE GETTING THESTATE’S BUSINESS ANYMORE.THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES AS DEMANDFOR COVID-19 TESTING IS HITTINGRECORD HIGHS ACROSS THE NATION.IN FLORIDA THE DEPARTMENT OFHEALTH REPORTS MORE THAN 80THOUSAND TEST RESULTS SENT TOPATIENTS JUST YESTERDAY BUT THEBACKLOG IS GETTING BIGGER.SOTVO:1:59:05 MEGAN POWELL━ DAUGHTERWAS TESTED JULY 2ND"Today is day 13, tomorrow willbe the 14th day if you don’tcount the day she got the testdone."BUTT6:08:11 DR. THOMAS UNNASCH━DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR, USF"One of the most importantthings with testing is gettingto know really quickly whetheryou’ve actually been exposed andwhether you’re infectious ornot, and then allowing us oreven you to identify the peopleyou’ve been in contact with."LABCORP IS REPORTING AN AVERAGEWAIT OF 4 TO 6 DAYS *AFTER THELAB RECEIVES THE COLLECTION KITFROM THE TESTING SITE.AND QUEST DIAGNOSTICS ISREPORTING AN AVERAGE WAIT OF 7OR MORE DAYS.THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHNOW ALSO SAYING *SOME SMALLERPRIVATE LABS HAVE NOT BEENREPORTING NEGATIVE TEST RESULTDATA TO THE STATE... ONLY THEPOSITIVE TES