New York City Announces New Testing Tools Against Novel Coronavirus

New York City Announces New Testing Tools Against Novel Coronavirus
People wear surgical masks in fear of the coronavirus in Flushing, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens on Feb. 3, 2020. Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images
Frank Fang
Frank Fang
Reporter
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and the city’s health commissioner Oxiris Barbot issued a joint statement on Feb. 29 saying that the city will be able to test samples of the novel coronavirus virus going forward.

“Today, the FDA [Food and Drug Adminstration] approved our application to develop our own test for the coronavirus,” de Blasio said.

Frank Fang
Frank Fang
Reporter
Frank Fang is a Taiwan-based reporter. He covers U.S., China, and Taiwan news. He holds a master's degree in materials science from Tsinghua University in Taiwan.
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