Members of the Danbury City Council have asked for an update from the City's Health Director on the procedures someone should take if they are experiencing respiratory illness symptoms and are not sure if it's a regular cold, the flu or coronavirus.  Lisa Morrissey noted that the state has gotten federal approval to run testing here, and not have to send samples to the CDC in Atlanta. 

If someone is ill, they can contact the Danbury Health Department for guidance on whether to call a primary care physician.  Once it's determined someone meets criteria for testing, that would be done at Danbury Hospital or the state lab in Rocky Hill.  She says the delay wasn't transit time to the CDC, it was the backlog of testing.  In Connecticut, workers will have to set up the test, see if the sample grows, and test it again to make sure they got the right result the first time. 

Mayor Mark Boughton says the City is not doing the testing, don't arrange the testing, and don't determine if someone's blood should be tested.