With a predicted shortage of intensive care beds fast approaching, the Johnson County Commission took the first steps Thursday toward a dramatic increase in testing for COVID-19. The county’s public health department hopes that increasing the number of tests fivefold will provide enough data to develop an intelligent strategy for containment.
Commissioners asked staff to expedite a report on the cost and a game plan for increasing the testing from the roughly 700 done so far to 3,000 to 5,000 more. Once the report is done, the commission will meet in emergency session to vote on it.
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