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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
Saturday 4 January 2020, 12:05 AM
Head of department of microbiology and molecular Susan Smith and general manager Christine Davey.
We are on our summer break and the editorial office is closed until 18 January. In the meantime, please enjoy our Summer Hiatus series, in which our journalists have selected articles from our 2020 news and clinical archives, The Conversation and other publications with which we share content. Please note the comment function has been turned off while we are away. Happy reading.
From Simon Maude: Uncommon opportunities to tour health facilities got rarer during COVID-19. So that's why I felt Zahra Shahtahmasebi's illuminating story about Labtests' Auckland COVID swab testing operation was well worth re-sharing with readers. 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