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    New York City Hospitals Struggle To Get Virus Testing Online Amid Patient Surge

    On-site testing was delayed for weeks at a hospital in Brooklyn that has been designated COVID-only. Rapid on-site testing can help hospitals prevent the virus from spreading inside their facilities.
    by Rebecca Hersher Mar 31, 2020 2 minutes
    A spokesperson for St. Barnabas hospital said Monday, March 30 that it takes 4 to 6 days for the hospital to receive coronavirus test results.

    Some New York City hospitals are still unable to perform reliable on-site coronavirus testing for patients and staff who show symptoms of COVID-19 and must instead wait days for results from outside laboratories, even as the city's hospital beds fill up with seriously ill people.

    For weeks, pathology departments and laboratory

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