When Coronavirus Struck Seattle, This Lab Was Ready To Start Testing

"Access to testing is really the major tool we have right now to fight this new coronavirus," says Dr. Keith Jerome, who runs a University of Washington lab in Seattle that can now test for the virus.

Scientists at the University of Washington’s medical school began working on a test for coronavirus back in January. Now they’re using it to fight an outbreak in their own backyard.

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