Health & Fitness

Bay Area Company Approved To Produce Coronavirus Test Kits

Roche Molecular Solutions, based in Pleasanton, has been working on a coronavirus test for six weeks. Now they can use it.

MARTINEZ (KPIX 5) — The effort to increase coronavirus testing capacity in the United States is about to get a big boost from a Bay Area lab.

“Right at the beginning of February we started to work on the development of this test,” explained Paul Brown, Global Head of Roche Molecular Solutions. “People have literally worked night and day across all of our organization.”

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