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Tag: testing turnaround

A technician conducts COVID-19 tests at a new facility Friday in Valencia on Oct. 30, 2020. The lab, run by PerkinElmer, was expected to allow the state to process an additional 150,000 COVID-19 tests per day but so far result times have lagged. Photo by Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP Photo/Pool
Posted inCoronavirus

COVID tests lagging: Slower turnaround times creeping back for Californians

Barbara Feder Ostrov by Barbara Feder Ostrov December 11, 2020December 10, 2020

The average turnaround time for COVID-19 test results rose 30% in November as people flocked to test sites before Thanksgiving. Pressure on labs is expected to intensify.

On Friday, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the opening of a PerkinElmer lab in Santa Clarita that will help double statewide COVID-19 testing capacity by March. File photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo/ Pool
Posted inCoronavirus

Newsom pledges more COVID-19 testing capacity with new lab

Ana B. Ibarra by Ana B. Ibarra October 30, 2020January 5, 2021
A nursing student does patient check-in and hands out requisition forms allowing patients to get their COVID-19 test results online at Cal Expo in Sacramento. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inHealth

‘Game changer’ in California coronavirus testing to double capacity and speed up results

Ana B. Ibarra by Ana B. Ibarra August 26, 2020August 26, 2020
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