Anne Arundel County Department of Health issued the following announcement on March 4.
Until recently, CDC testing guidelines were limited to patients with clear symptoms of infection who had traveled to a geographic region of concern or who were in close contact with someone who had tested positive for COVID-19. Last week, the CDC expanded testing criteria to include severely ill hospitalized patients with unexplained acute lower respiratory symptoms.
“The ability to test in our own facility in Baltimore is crucial to our rapid response efforts, which are at the forefront of Maryland’s strategy to minimize risk,” said Maryland Department of Health Secretary Robert R. Neall. “We’re working with MDH laboratories to coordinate the use of these tests and will keep the public informed about cases and results.”
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Source: Anne Arundel County Department of Health
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