Coronavirus in the US

Sounds like a good strategy to wait. Maybe you’ll get better deals, also.

Don’t confuse no confirmed cases with no cases. Perhaps there really aren’t any cases in the whole state of Maine but from what I read in the Portland paper this morning, they don’t currently have testing capability there yet.

"Shah [Director of the Maine CDC] said another key part of preparing is for states to obtain the capability to conduct their own novel coronavirus tests, which should happen in Maine within the next few weeks. It can take a few days to get test results back when the sample has to be sent out of state for testing, compared to potentially less than 24 hours for in-state tests, Mills said.

Shah said a new testing machine that cost $58,000 in federal funds should be arriving soon in Maine, plus the U.S. CDC is sending Maine coronavirus testing kits. The U.S. CDC had to recall coronavirus testing kits sent to states because they did not work properly, but Alex Azar, secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, told federal lawmakers on Friday that the issue has been fixed and new testing kits should be available to the states by next week.

“Being able to do our own testing is really important,” Shah said. “We have to be able to know what’s happening on the ground quickly.”"

https://www.pressherald.com/2020/03/02/maine-health-care-providers-gearing-up-for-coronavirus/