'Covid-19 with the flu season is going to be more problematic than where we're at today,' he said Tuesday
Commercial testing laboratories like those of Quest and rival LabCorp have struggled to keep pace with the large outbreaks across the American South and West.
A Quest Diagnostics Inc. requisition form is displayed for a photograph at Perry Memorial Hospital in Princeton, Illinois, U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.announced Wednesday that the Food and Drug Administration has granted the company emergency authorization to use a new technique it says will cut the testing turnaround time to two to three days for most people.
The company now expects to be able to perform 150,000 tests per day by next week and 185,000 per day by Labor Day. If Quest is able to bring its turnaround time for non-prioritized patients down to two to three days, that would put it close to rival LabCorp, who's CEO said on a conference call earlier this week that its turnaround time is already two to three days for all patients and faster for priority patients.
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