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COVID-19 Testing Halted in South Dakota Due to Lack of Supplies

COVID-19 Testing Halted in South Dakota Due to Lack of Supplies

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Governor Kristi Noem met with officials from Monument Health in Rapid City yesterday. She says they are asking for their help to contain the spread of COVID-19….

No new infections were reported yesterday and that is due to a lack of testing supplies. Noem says they were warned about that shortage…

There are now three hundred fifty pending tests. Noem says those people will have to wait on the results…https://soundcloud.com/wnax-radio/kristi-noem-319c

There have been eleven positive cases so far and five hundred fifty-one negative. Noem had met earlier this week with officials from Avera Health and Sanford Health.

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