In Washington , health care workers were asked to stop testing for coronavirus by state regulators during the pandemic .
They turned out to be faulty.  On February 29 , the FDA announced that labs would be allowed to do their own in-house testing immediately , independently of CDC testing , as long as they complete an emergency use authorization ( EUA ) within 15 days.  In Washington , state regulators have told health care workers to stop testing.  March 2 , the CDC stopped publishing the number of tests performed .
2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States