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New Coronavirus Test Will Help Increase Testing Capacity In NYC Area

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- A new test for the coronavirus will help increase testing capacity in our area.

The test will be available starting next week.

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Molecular diagnostics company Hologic announced a new COVID-19 test this week.

It will run automatically on high-speed machines.

The company has 40 of these machines at labs across New York City and Long Island.

They'll be able to process 40,000 more tests per day.

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