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By Michael Le Page , Clare Wilson , Jessica Hamzelou , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool People queue at a coronavirus testing facility in Sutton Coldfield, BirminghamJacob King/PA Wire/PA Images Latest coronavirus news as of 5 pm on 15 September Widespread reports of people struggling to get coronavirus tests in England England’s…

CLOSE At-home testing could transform the fight against the novel coronavirus. USA TODAYTesting for the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has dropped nationwide the past two weeks even as the evidence builds disease spread is picking up in many states.Nowhere is the danger of the testing slowdown more evident than the South. In Mississippi, more than one…

People wait in line outside a testing site in Florida. The state has seen unprecedented surges in coronavirus cases in recent weeks. Lynne Sladky/AP hide caption toggle caption Lynne Sladky/AP People wait in line outside a testing site in Florida. The state has seen unprecedented surges in coronavirus cases in recent weeks. Lynne Sladky/AP When…

Demand for COVID-19 testing could soar in the fall with the reopening of some universities and schools, threatening to overburden an already strained system. Many schools and universities are planning to regularly test students and staff in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19 on their campuses.But public health officials and experts worry there is…

Surging COVID-19 outbreaks in several states are straining testing capacity across the country as people wait several days or even weeks to get their results back, causing another setback to the U.S. response to the months-long pandemic.Lengthy turnaround times are undermining the fight against the coronavirus, experts say, making efforts to trace contacts of confirmed…