Kansas agency low on COVID-19 test kits; state offers loans

(AP) The Kansas health department's top administrator says it could all but run out of coronavirus testing kits over the weekend. Dr. Lee Norman said Friday that the health department could then be forced to rely on private labs and see delays in getting results. Norman said that testing wouldn't stop altogether because the agency would hold back a few of its tests for infected people who've been hospitalized. Norman said private labs typically take longer to report results than the state's one day. His comments came the same day Kansas launched a new loan program to help businesses hit by the pandemic.