Magen David Adom says just 5,000 virus tests performed Sunday, far below daily goal

Eli Ben, the head of the Magen David Adom emergency service, says MDA performed 5,000 coronavirus tests today, many fewer than the over 7,000 it was able to do in a single day last week and far fewer than the daily targets set by Prime Minister Netanyahu.

The drop in testing comes amid a shortage of reagents used to process the tests, though the Health Ministry said earlier today that it had found an unspecified “solution” to allow for more testing.

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