Virus testing turnaround times reveal wide disparity

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Cameron Settles was swabbed for COVID-19 in mid-June at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando and it took him eight days to get the results.

"They originally told him that it would be five days," said Jenna Settles, his wife. "Then when he went to log in, it said six days, then seven days. He eventually had to call and wait on hold for three or four hours to get his result."

He was positive, and so his wife went to the convention center for her own test. It took four days to receive her results, and they were negative. The entire process, the couple said, was frustrating.

As coronavirus cases surge in hard-hit Florida, so do the turnaround times for test results.

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