Delays, Confusion Mark Coronavirus Testing in US

Nurses worried they were infected with COVID-19 told BuzzFeed News they waited up to a week to get test results, despite displaying symptoms and being health care professionals on the front line.

"I'm a registered nurse who knows how to navigate the system, and I'm having trouble getting answers," a nurse from Sacramento told BuzzFeed News. "Members of the general public certainly must be faring much, much worse."

A new shortage of a key testing component is hobbling the U.S. battle against COVID-19 as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases continues to rise.

Earlier testing was marred by problems that produced potentially inaccurate results. Now, as U.S. testing ramps up, some labs have run short on the kits and components needed to determine whether samples taken from ailing patients confirm the presence of the novel coronavirus.

The problem is emerging as the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S. rose to 1,050, with 29 deaths, as of...