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‘Herculean efforts’ by lab staff to meet COVID-19 testing demands
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‘Herculean efforts’ by lab staff to meet COVID-19 testing demands
Wednesday 9 September 2020, 04:15 AM
![Susan Smith, left, and Chris Davey](/sites/default/files/styles/cropped_image_16_7_/public/2020-08/20082020_Susan_Smith_%26_Chris_Davey_A.jpg?itok=5iZDW7g-)
Head of department of microbiology and molecular Susan Smith and general manager Christine Davey
Since four new community cases were confirmed in Auckland on 11 August, Labtests has been inundated with COVID-19 tests. New Zealand Doctor | Rata Aotearoa journalists visited on 20 August. General manager Chris Davey, medical director Gary McAuliffe and Susan Smith, head of department of microbiology and molecular talked to Zahra Shahtahmasebi about meeting this demand and what their experience of the COVID-19 pandemic has been like. Visuals by Simon Maude
Key points, On 14 August, 12,000 COVID-19 swabs came through the door at Labtests in Mt Wellington.
Labtests, along with all other labs that are conducting COVI