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Emry Dinman/Sun Tribune Medical Assistant Sabrina Weber holds up an unused coronavirus test kit, the main component of which is essentially an oversized cotton swab that gets inserted far up a patient’s nose.

Emry Dinman/Sun Tribune Medical Assistant Sabrina Weber holds up an unused coronavirus test kit, the main component of which is essentially an oversized cotton swab that gets inserted far up a patient’s nose.

April 6, 2020

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Beyond the COVID-19 test
April 6, 2020 6:57 p.m.

Beyond the COVID-19 test

Beyond the COVID-19 test

MOSES LAKE — A person with COVID-19-like symptoms gets tested for the virus. Then what? Does he or she go into isolation? How long will it take to get the test results? How is the patient notified of the results? How will the community at-large be notified?