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In this image made from video, Robert Buentello, an order selector, sorts through pallets of toilet paper at H-E-B’s main distribution center in Houston on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. The Texas grocery chain says a surge of customer demand from panic buying due to concerns over the novel coronavirus has caused bottlenecks in the supply chain to its more than 400 stores throughout the state and Mexico. (AP Photo/John L. Mone)

In this image made from video, Robert Buentello, an order selector, sorts through pallets of toilet paper at H-E-B’s main distribution center in Houston on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. The Texas grocery chain says a surge of customer demand from panic buying due to concerns over the novel coronavirus has caused bottlenecks in the supply chain to its more than 400 stores throughout the state and Mexico. (AP Photo/John L. Mone)

March 19, 2020

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Houston pleads for more tests, gear as cars pack hospital
March 19, 2020 10:55 a.m.

Houston pleads for more tests, gear as cars pack hospital

HOUSTON (AP) — Cars lined up for more than a mile outside a Houston hospital Thursday as the nation's fourth-largest city began drive-thru testing for the coronavirus, but officials warned they don't have enough kits or protective gear to meet demand.