SOUTH PHILADELPHIA - Flags lowered to half-staff Thursday, as the U.S. commemorates 1 million lives lost to COVID, a grim milestone that once felt unthinkable.
Doctors say it’s more important than ever to test when feeling sick.Penn Medicine’s Doctor Mike Cirigliano says at-home rapid antigen tests are the best bet to find out if a person has COIVID-19, especially as cases soar, again."I am literally seeing a higher number of patients in my practice than I ever have," Dr.
Cirigliano stated.MORE HEADLINES:He says anyone displaying upper respiratory symptoms should definitely take a test.At Philadelphia International Airport, travelers flying into the U.S.
are required to have a negative test to enter. One man wound up missing his flight out of Heathrow Airport over the policy."I was told I didn’t have to have it, but when I got to the gate, they said I needed it," Stanley Wiseman explained. "Everybody in the area was like, what a shambles.