Virus testing laboratories

Local December 27, pm Text size: Smaller Bigger. Demand for virus testing in laboratories rises. Oldest Newest Most Voted. Inline Feedbacks. Paul Tierney. December 27, pm. January 13, am Gov. January 12, pm Public Health reports 7, new cases and four deaths due to covid The Ministry of Public Health reported today through its bulletin that 7, new infections due to covid were January 12, pm Patients in poor condition are sent home Santiago, DR People infected with Covid said they are being bounced from public and January 11, am Dominicans again post high contagion; 0 deaths Santo Domingo.

It shares positive specimens with partners TGen and Quest Diagnostics, which do the genetic sequencing to determine the variant present. An additional challenge brought on by the pandemic has been meeting an exponential growth in demand for other testing. She believes it's spillover from people who delayed other health issues because of the virus. The state's pandemic totals now number 1,, cases and 24, deaths.

Hospitalizations due to the virus remained on an upward trend that started Dec. All rights reserved. Terms of Service Privacy Policy. Their workforces are getting hit by the virus they have been tasked with tracking.

The video above is from a related story. The American Clinical Laboratory Association ACLA , the national trade association representing some of the leading clinical labs, is now warning of a staffing shortage as more workers are getting infected.

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