UW Health has processed nearly 200k COVID-19 tests since March 2020

February 28, 2021 6:45 PM

Molly ringberg

Posted: Feb 28, 2021 6:45 PM

Updated: February 28, 2021 6:49 PM

MADISON, Wisconsin (WKBT) – It doesn’t take long to get a COVID-19 test, but as you may remember, it wasn’t always so easy.

In early March 2020, the state lab was the only place that could process COVID-19 tests and supplies were limited.

By mid-March, everything was on deck at the UW Health Molecular Diagnostic Lab, where running the tests has become a 24/7 operation.

Almost a year later, nearly 200,000 tests have passed through this laboratory.

Lab technicians have gone from a typical Monday to Friday schedule at work more more than 80 hours per week, up to …

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