Cancer Cytopathology · 2020 · 48 citations · 0 references
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At the height of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic in New York City, personal protective equipment was in such short supply that some nurses resorted to fashioning plastic garbage bags into protective gowns.For weeks, RNA-based tests were so scarce both in the city and elsewhere around the country that health care staff, even after showing symptoms, could not get tested.