U.S. COVID-19 tests again in short supply as infections soar, schools reopen

Test manufacturers including Abbott Laboratories, Becton Dickinson and Co, and Quidel Corp in recent months scaled back production of rapid COVID-19 tests, which can produce results on-site in minutes, as well as test kits that are sent to laboratories for analysis. The move followed a nearly 90% decline in testing and a similarly large drop in COVID-19 cases in the United States.

Related Keywords

Arkansas ,United States ,Maine ,El Paso ,Texas ,South Carolina ,Delaware ,Illinois ,California ,Pennsylvania ,Ysleta ,Douglas Bryant ,Dana Lerman ,Rick Pescatore ,Antonia Sepulveda ,Troy Kirkpatrick ,Lynly Leeper ,Ysleta Independent School District In El Paso ,Becton Dickinson ,Goldman Sachs ,Reuters ,Pfizer Inc ,Association Of Molecular Pathology ,Quidel Corp ,Abbott Laboratories ,Independent School District ,Quidel Chief Executive Douglas Bryant ,Molecular Pathology ,