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UC Berkeley Speeds Up Coronavirus Tests With Robots
Researchers predict the lab will be able to process 1,000 tests per day.
BERKELEY, CA — Commercial labs are being swamped and it’s taking many of them more than a week to return COVID-19 test results in California, but help may be on the way as soon as next week.
Researchers say this is a critical time in our history and traditional methods of conducting tests are not going to cut it. That’s why a lab using robots at UC Berkeley may provide the testing needed to get a handle on the coronavirus pandemic.
