Is it COVID or the flu? New combo tests can find out
By Roxanne Khamsi New York Times,Updated May 11, 2021, 8:15 a.m.
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A person was tested for COVID at a site in Randolph. New tests can detect not only the coronavirus, but two types of influenza and the respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV.Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff
In January, a man in his 60s with heart disease and diabetes went to a South Dakota hospital with a cough and fever, worried he had COVID. A nurse swabbed the inside of his nose, and the sample went into a small device resembling an inkjet-printer cartridge, which was then placed into a machine about the size of a printer.
By - Associated Press - Thursday, March 4, 2021
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Sanford Health will be conducting coronavirus testing for players, coaches and staff involved in the NBA All-Star Game and associated events, the Sioux Falls-based health care system announced Thursday.
Sanford Health lab technicians will travel to Atlanta in one of the mobile testing units that it has been using for PGA Tour events. Sanford said earlier this week it would be testing pro golfers, caddies and essential personnel at tournaments through the end of June.
Sanford expects to run as many as 750 tests for the NBA All-Star weekend, which includes the skills competition, 3-point contest, slam dunk contest and game.