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The Landscape Of COVID-19 Testing In Iowa During Delta Variant

COVID-19 testing kits.
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COVID-19 testing kits.

IPR Morning Edition host Clay Masters gets an update on status of COVID-19 testing in the state with IPR health reporter Natalie Krebs.

All of Iowa’s 99 counties are currently experiencing high or substantial spread of coronavirus - according to the Centers for Disease Control. K-12 school districts in the state welcomed back students this week with a law banning mask mandates in schools and as the more transmissible delta variant is more common. Many health experts say testing remains and important part of combating COVID-19.

Clay Masters
Clay Masters is the senior politics reporter for MPR News.
Natalie Krebs is IPR's Health Reporter and collaborator with Side Effects Public Media. Krebs has expertise covering health news and issues, including maternal health and rural health care access. She's covered abortion access and women's health care in Iowa and the Midwest, news from Iowa's state health agencies, and medical care and health concerns for elders. Krebs is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin.