Ten questions about testing for the coronavirus
(WorldNews Health)

More than 3 million coronavirus tests have been processed in Florida so far. Some people have had more than one test, but even accounting for that, as many as one in seven people in the state have been tested. Maura Pieretti, who oversees the laboratories for BayCare`s 11 hospitals across Tampa Bay, has 35 people in her labs who run tests for flu, MRSA, molecular diagnostics, genetics and chromosome analysis. Since the pandemic started, 10 employees have been testing for COVID full-time. Pieretti`s labs have processed more than 39,000 tests in the last five months. She answered questions from the Tampa Bay Times about the testing. The interview has been condensed and edited for clarity....