Wyoming News Briefs

Coronavirus testing now available

JACKSON (WNE) — If you live in Wyoming and think you have the coronavirus, you can now be tested in the state. However, health officials want patients to avoid exposing others in the process.

Up until Thursday, test kits were available only through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but the Wyoming Public Health Laboratory now has the capability to test for COVID-19, as do some commercial labs.

What that means for the state’s capacity for testing should coronavirus spread within Wyoming remains unclear.

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