NxGen MDx Announces New Early Advantage Carrier Screening Panel
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NxGen MDx Announces New Early Advantage Carrier Screening Panel
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COVID testing labs feel more normal prompting concern from officials
Scott Nunn, Scott Nunn, Huron Daily Tribune
April 9, 2021
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A worker at the Michigan state diagnostic laboratory processes a test. (Michigan Department of Health and Human Services/Courtesy Photo)
Daily coronavirus cases in Michigan have shot up over the last few weeks, but the number of diagnostic tests run for the virus has risen much more slowly.
The average number of new daily cases of the virus has more than doubled since Feb. 18, but testing has only increased about 10%.
Jacqueline Peacock is the director of laboratory operations at NxGen MDx, a diagnostic lab in Grand Rapids that processes samples from across Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. She used to work until 2 a.m. and barely had time to eat most days during the peak of local outbreaks this winter, she said.
MDHHS started a review of the prisoners’ cases, and as of late December, officials were seeking a partnership with the CDC, Sutfin said.
Dr. Amish Talwar, a medical officer at the CDC, said his agency learned about Michigan’s potential reinfection cases in correctional facilities the first week of January.
“Given the current evidence relating to these possible reinfection cases, it is challenging to establish whether these are reinfections and what are the viral transmission chains, if any, among prisoners and staff,” Talwar said.
The CDC “is now exploring additional ways by which it can support [MDHHS’s] ongoing investigations into similar cases moving forward,” Talwar said.