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New swab material to boost COVID-19 testing process

by Associated Press
| April 20, 2020 11:03 AM

SEATTLE (AP) — As state and federal leaders develop plans to re-open the country after weeks of a coronavirus shut down, health experts say one thing must happen first — more people need to be tested. But a shortage of the swabs used in the testing kits as well limits on personal protective equipment worn by the people taking the samples has slowed the testing process.

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