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Listener Questions About COVID-19 Testing

By Rob Stein

Published April 2, 2020 at 8:35 PM EDT

Emergency physician Dr. Tsion Firew and NPR science correspondent Rob Stein answer listener questions about getting tested for COVID-19, and how those tests are processed.

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