SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California revamped its guidelines for COVID-19 testing to focus of those in hospitals or considered at high risk of infection as the surging pandemic strained testing capacity.The state health department on Tuesday released a four-tier priority system for testing.
Those hospitalized with COVID-19 symptoms top the list along with “close contacts” of those with confirmed infections.Next in line are other people with symptoms and those living in high-risk facilities such as nursing homes, prisons and homeless shelters and health care and emergency service workers.After that, the non-binding guidelines recommend testing for a wide variety of employees who have “frequent interactions with the public.”RELATED: Stay up to.