It's been more than a month since the novel coronavirus COVID-19 reached pandemic levels in the US.<br /><br />Now, a persistent shortage of tests mean that health workers are treating patients when they themselves are showing mild symptoms of COVID-19.<br /><br />In New York City, an ICU nurse treated patients for three days after displaying symptoms of COVID-19 . However, she couldn’t get a test from her hospital. <br /><br />In Georgia, a nurse was denied a test after treating an infected patient who died. <br /><br />In Michigan, one of the few hospital systems conducting widespread staff testing found that more than 700 workers were infected.<br /><br />That's more than a quarter of those who were tested.
