Today @US_FDA announced new guidelines to increase US capacity for diagnostic testing for #coronavirus #COVID19 #SARSCoV2. Here is a statement from our CEO @scottjbecker. [Thread] 1/ Previously, only public health laboratories that could verify test kits issued by @CDCgov were allowed to test. New guidance allows any CLIA-certified high complexity lab to go through the process to get certified. #coronavirus #COVID19 2/

There has been a lot of #COVID19 testing news this week. It has been moving quickly which makes it hard for us to keep up and provide you with accurate info. We are going to do our best to explain as much as we can in this thread. #coronavirus 1/ APHL has been working very closely w/our members (state and local public health laboratories), @CDCgov & @US_FDA to address #coronavirus testing challenges and to enable the 100+ public health labs around the US to begin testing #COVID19 2/