BURLINGTON, N.C. — As North Carolina ramps up testing efforts, doctors are starting to feel some relief.
Some have gone weeks without tests, sending their patients elsewhere.
Gov. Roy Cooper announced Friday that testing has increased by 88 percent in the last two weeks, and state officials said they want to continue to ramp up testing before making decisions on when to ease up on certain restrictions.
"It's [testing] gone up 88 percent, that's good, but of course it's gone up because it was really low," said Dr. Rosemary Stein.
Dr. Stein runs International Family Clinic in Burlington. She said she received just three tests in mid-March, and when she requested more, it was weeks before that happened.
"Since I didn't have the tests, I had to build my own avenue to diagnose and isolate and treat," she said.
Without enough testing supplies, Stein had to find other ways to keep patients healthy.