Name: Duke researcher says US focused on quality of tests over quantity
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Description: State health officials said Tuesday that about 1,100 tests for coronavirus have been completed in North Carolina so far, and thousands of samples are awaiting testing at a state lab and private labs.

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State health officials said Tuesday that about 1,100 tests for coronavirus have been completed in North Carolina so far, and thousands of samples are awaiting testing at a state lab and private labs.

DAVID. >> THAT RIPPLE EFFECT IS A THICK WAVE. THANK YOU, AARON. >>> CORONAVIRUS TESTING REMAIN HAS MAJOR CONCERN IN NORTH CAROLINA AS LABS AND PROVIDERS CRAM BE TO TRACK THE SPREAD. WRAL INVESTIGATES CULLEN BROWDER HAS BEEN COVERING THIS ISSUE, HE JOINS US WITH DETAILS ON MORE TESTING AND MORE CHALLENGES, CULLEN. >> Reporter: DEBORAH, WE HEARSAYLY FROM PEOPLE STRUGGLING TO GET TESTING AND A BRIEFING HERE TODAY STATE HEALTH LEADERS ESTIMATED ALONG WITH THE PRIVATE LABS MORE THAN 1100 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TESTED SO FAR IN NORTH CAROLINA. THOUSANDS OF SAMPLES ARE STILL WAITING FOR ANALYSIS. STILL NOT ENOUGH TO MEET THE DEMAND. TODAY WE WENT TO DUKE LAB STEPPING UP TO HELP. DUKE'S MICROBIOLOGY LAB TESTED A HALF MILLION INFECTIOUS CASE HAS YEAR, FEELS AN URGENCY TO ADD MORE CORONAVIRUS TESTS. HAVE YOU SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS? >> THIS ONE IS UNLIKE ANYTHING WE'VE SEEN BEFORE. >> LABORATORIES, I WOULD SAY ARE UNDER TREMENDOUS PRESSURE. >> LAB DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER SAYS HIS TEAM HAS FLIPS TO PASS TOGETHER PROTOCOLS, PROCESSES AND SUPPLIES TO TEST COVID-19 CASES IN-HOUSE. A HEAVY LIFT FOR A NEWLY EMERGING DISEASE. >> COLLECTION KITS, SWABS, ALL OF THE ABOVE. AND WE'RE ALL COMPETING FOR THE SAME LIMITED RESOURCES. >> THOSE SUPPLY CHANGE CHALLENGES CREATE A TRIAGE OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GET TESTED. >> THIS IS NOT ABOUT TURNING PEOPLE AWAY, THIS IS ABOUT TO CARE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL WHO ARE MOST ILL AND MOST SICK AT THE MOMENT GIVEN THE SITUATION THAT WE FIND OURSELVES. >> NATIONALLY, HOW DID WE GET TO THIS POINT? >> DESPITE WATCHING THIS EPIDEMIC OVER SEAS, WE PERHAPS HAD SOME WISHFUL THINKING. >> SEEING THE COMPARISONS U.S. TESTING IS CARED BY SOUTH KOREA THAT AVERAGED 20,000 A DAY. >> WE HAVE HISTORICALLY PRIORITIZED SAFETY ABOVE SPEED. >> HE SAYS BOTH ARE NOW CRITICAL AS DUKE NAVIGATES THE MAZE OF OBSTACLES TO TURN OUT MORE TESTS FOR THE PUBLIC. >> THIS HAS MANY LAYERS AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM THIS TEST ON HUNDREDS OF PATIENTS A DAY, 2424 HOURS A DAY, EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK AND WE NEED TO GET RIGHT. >> NOW DUKE SEPTEMBER 00S OF SAMPLES TO OUTSIDE LABS BUT BEGINNING NEXT WEEK IT WILL WHAT UP IN HOUSE TESTING. DUKE IS ALSO TESTING OUT SOME DRIVEUP OPTIONS TO DO SAMPLING

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