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California To More Than Double Covid-19 Testing Capacity, Improve Turnaround Time, Drive Down Costs

Newsom said California will partner with Massachusetts-based PerkinElmer, which would include building out a new laboratory.

CALIFORNIA — Looking ahead to the oncoming flu season and the impact on California’s current coronavirus testing apparatus, Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday unveiled a new partnership with a diagnostics firm to revamp the state’s COVID-19 testing.

The new partnership is aimed at reducing costs while improving reliability and turnaround time for COVID tests.

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