Thousands of coronavirus tests are going unused in US labs

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US labs that underwent huge efforts to retool for COVID-19 testing still aren’t operating at full capacity. Experts say the lack of a national strategy is largely to blame.

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  1. Amy Maxmen

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As the United States struggles to test people for COVID-19, academic laboratories that are ready and able to run diagnostics are not operating at full capacity.

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Nature 580, 312-313 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-01068-3

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