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President Donald Trump demonstrates the difference between a COVID test swab and a Q-tip on April 19th. California announced it would receive federal shipments of hundreds of thousands of swabs in the coming weeks. Photo by Patrick Semansky, AP Photo

Shortage on a stick: More swabs on the way, but that won’t solve California test gap

by Ben Christopher April 22, 2020April 23, 2020

California testing swab shortage has limited its ability to test for the coronavirus — and eventually restart the economy. That might be about to change.