A file image shows a medical staff member taking a saliva swab from a patient for coronavirus testing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Yegor Aleyev/TASS (Photo by Yegor AleyevTASS via Getty Images) SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California’s typical turnaround time for coronavirus tests has dropped to less than two days, state health officials said Thursday, a mark that allows for effective isolation and quarantine of those who are infected to limit the spread.Test results now are available from laboratories within 1.3 days on average, down from the five- to seven business days that officials commonly reported last month.“To really interrupt that transmission, it needs to happen in a timely way,” said Dr.