And earlier this week, the University of California, San Francisco launched an effort of its own to offer diagnostic and antibody Covid-19 testing to 5,700 residents who live in a specific section of the Mission District, San Francisco’s densest neighborhood.The initiative, which is being done through a partnership with the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, is intended to gather data on the prevalence of Covid-19 in the area.
Across the country, states say that Covid-19 testing is increasing but there still aren’t sufficient tests available. As the U.S. starts to re-open, medical experts say that testing will need to pickup speed, alongside contact tracing and other efforts to quickly isolate those who might be contagious before they can spread the virus to others.
Los Angeles accounts for almost half of the state’s coronavirus cases. It has more than 20,000 confirmed cases, of the 45,031 total in California.
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