{"id":2799,"date":"2020-04-10T11:00:34","date_gmt":"2020-04-10T18:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=2799"},"modified":"2020-04-10T12:25:49","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T19:25:49","slug":"governor-newsom-takes-responsibility-for-covid-19-testing-delays-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=2799","title":{"rendered":"Governor Newsom Takes Responsibility for COVID-19 Testing Delays in California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written by Michael Palomba<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The coronavirus continues to infect people throughout the country and while we have heard some good news, like New York possibly reaching its apex, the pandemic is still far from over.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Governor Gavin Newsom said that the state will increase testing fivefold in the next few weeks, part of an effort to correct a massive testing backlog.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Newsom\u2019s response to the pandemic has been pretty good, not perfect, but far from bad. As of late, he&#8217;s taking personal responsibility for the state&#8217;s shortcomings. \u201cLet me just acknowledge at the outset that the testing space has been a challenging one for us, and I own that,\u201d he said. \u201cI have a responsibility as your governor to do better and do more testing in the state of California.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the next few weeks, Californians can <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/newsletter\/california-coronavirus-testing-newsom\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">expect the following<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">five to seven high-capacity testing hubs around the state through a partnership with UC San Diego and UC Davis.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Stanford University test that determines if someone has developed an immune response to COVID-19.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A five minute test from Abbott Laboratories, which has committed to 75 testing sites in California.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Newsom said he wants to expand testing \u201cexponentially\u201d across the state. \u201cI\u2019m not going to explain away why we didn\u2019t do more and better,\u201d Newsom said. \u201cAll I can say is we\u2019re going to do more and better, and we own that, I own that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As of April 7, there are 17,460 confirmed cases, up about 1,100 from the day before\u2014with a total of 434 deaths. Cases are continuing to rise at this point, and 53 out of 58 counties have confirmed cases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Still, California\u2019s totals are far below New York. Some experts believe, however, that this is at least partially explained by the delays in testing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jdlasica\/9730642920\/in\/photolist-fPS68w-yvHc2A-KhWhwr-2469a4v-fPxh7V-28Sx8hf-LPeUPq-KhWhGM-2eFibP3-dn5Krs-9Dqfky-29Cm4hc-29Vbd4C-29Vbe2Q-29Cm6qv-2fRFH4B-62a53y-6xzqg7-LPeV2u-646RLZ-NT3Hkq-29Vb8V7-6BzHnc-KhWi6c-KhWiQi-51azgY-629X81-5r42m-5qDRj-92kAeo-4HDX6H-7X8hQA-dDxzLo-5oBJnR-5oG5Ff-5oBLtk-5oBEYg-5oBMUM-7ER1g-7LEVMk-7LEVXB-7LEVJe-28Sxef7-26bVLtj-28SxfX5-28Sxdjj-28Sxfgf-28SxfAo-26bVJx5-26bVJFG\">Photo by JD Lasica via Flickr<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Michael Palomba The coronavirus continues to infect people throughout the country and while we have heard some good news, like New York possibly reaching its apex, the pandemic is still far from over.\u00a0 Governor Gavin Newsom said that the state will increase testing fivefold in the next few weeks, part of an effort&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1102,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.5 - 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