April 2, 2020 Because of testing supply issues, the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) will be limiting testing available through the Wyoming Public Health Laboratory for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to the department’s established priority patients and situations. “It’s been clear for some time that materials needed for sample collection and testing are in very short supply in Wyoming and across the nation,” said Dr.
Alexia Harrist, state health officer and state epidemiologist with WDH. “We’ve done well so far at our lab, but our concern about supplies of certain materials we need for testing has grown.” Harrist, who oversees the Wyoming Public Health Laboratory, said the lab will no longer accept samples from patients who do not