'This is not the ticket dispenser at the deli counter; it's a public health emergency': A California nurse in self-quarantine condemns delays in coronavirus testing

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• A nurse in self-quarantine penned an anonymous open letter, condemning the delay in coronavirus testing for healthcare workers who contract the disease.
• The nurse wrote she started feeling sick after caring for a patient who tested positive for the virus.
• She said she was wait-listed for receiving a coronavirus testing kit, as the CDC was prioritizing running samples by severity of the illness with so few tests available to give out per day.
• "This is not the ticket dispenser at the deli counter; it's a public health emergency!" she wrote in the letter. "I am a registered nurse, and I need to know if I am positive before going back to caring for patients."
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A California nurse who went into self-quarantine after developing symptoms fitting that of the novel coronavirus — which causes the disease named COVID-19 — condemned the delay in testing for healthcare workers, saying she can't protect her patients if she can't protect herself.

The nurse, who works at a northern California Kaiser facility, anonymously penned an open letter after she claimed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) put her on a wait list for a coronavirus testing kit.

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