How should I know if I should get tested?

We have almost no testing.

We've only had less than 500 tests in the whole country.

Faulty test kits from the CDC initially led to delays in inconclusive results.

Today we're going to talk about testing for the coronavirus.

There's been a lot of criticism of the government's delayed response to testing and some of

its warranted.

You probably also heard stories about the faulty test kits that gave inconclusive results.

It's not a great start.

But it looks like testing will be ramping up this week.

I know this is a big concern for many of you, so today I'm going to walk you through the

ins and outs of testing.

I'm Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's chief medical correspondent, and this is coronavirus, fact

versus fiction.

Before anything else, let's go through the basics.

Question 1.

How does the coronavirus test work?

Well, first off, testing needs to be done at labs certified by the Food and Drug Administration

or at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Don't trust anything else.

At the testing site, healthcare staff are going to use a special swab to collect samples

from your nose.

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