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From the Liveblog of
Monday, April 6, 2020
From the Liveblog of
Monday, April 6, 2020
Report: MDA told to scale back swabbing due to reagent shortage
Health Ministry officials have told the Magen David Adom emergency service to reduce the number of coronavirus test samples it takes each day because of a testing bottleneck, the Haaretz daily reports.
According to the report, MDA was told to only take 5,000 swabs a day, down from the approximately 9,000 it has been taking, because there is not enough reagent to test all the samples.
On Sunday, the Health Ministry said it had solved the reagent shortage, without specifying how, and said it was still working toward the goal of 10,000 tests a day.
