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COVID-19 testing on Abbott lab machines running far short of need
APRIL 9, 2020 BY NANCY CROTTI
U.S. laboratories are not running enough COVID-19 diagnostic tests using Abbott (NYSE: ABT) m2000 RealTime machines, according to Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator.
During last night’s White House briefing, Birx said that 80% of the Abbott machines in 120 laboratories across the country are not running, despite the availability of 1 million tests. Abbott said in March, when it received FDA emergency use authorization for a coronavirus test, that each of the more than 175 m2000 systems in U.S. labs can run up to 470 tests in 24 hours. A the time, the company promised to deploy additional m2000 systems as needed.
“I made a big push and Abbott was extraordinary about getting those out to the labs,” Birx said last night. “I mean, this is not sitting in a warehouse. These are physically in these laboratories, sitting there right now.”
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