Microsoft founder Bill Gates wrote an op-ed in the New England Journal of Medicine calling the coronavirus a 'once-in-a-century pandemic,' and urged leaders to both 'solve the immediate problem and keep it from happening again'
A file image of the California Department of Public Health laboratory in Richmond, California. This is not an actual test of a novel coronavirus specimen. CAPublicHealth
The state will receive an additional shipment of testing kits to test up to 1,200 people, according to the press release. “As we face the likelihood of community transmission here in California, having this resource where we need it, is essential to better inform public health response and protect our communities," Angell said.
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