Quest expects Covid-19 tests turnaround time at 'acceptable' levels by Sept
The company on an earnings conference call said its turnaround time for non-priority testing is now as long as seven days and added it aims to increase Covid-19 diagnostic testing to 150,000 per day by next month
The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus, which was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China, is seen in an illustration released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, US January 29, 2020/Reuters
Quest Diagnostics Inc said on Thursday it expects to get turnaround times for Covid-19 tests to "acceptable" levels by this September by boosting capacity and prioritizing the most at-risk patients.
The company on an earnings conference call said its turnaround time for non-priority testing is now as long as seven days and added it aims to increase Covid-19 diagnostic testing to 150,000 per day by next month.
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