Coronavirus testing, pantry stocking

Pennsylvania Commonwealth microbiologist Kerry Pollard performs a manual extraction of the coronavirus inside the extraction lab at the Pennsylvania Department of Health Bureau of Laboratories on Friday, March 6, 2020. Credit: Governor Tom Wolf (CC BY 2.0).

The government’s top infectious disease expert says the U.S. is failing in testing for coronavirus. One Angeleno tells us how he tried getting tested but couldn’t. Plus, we learn how to stock your pantry and freezer for a possible quarantine, and how some Chinese and Korean restaurants are being hurt economically by the pandemic.