Quest wins CDC contract for COVID population study

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Quest Diagnostics recently received a contract granted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to test and analyze patterns in SARS-CoV-2 prevalence across multiple states.

The company said the goal is to aid the CDC in assessing the proportion of the population that has been infected by or vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Quest's COVID-19 antibody test and data analytics services will be used across 45 states and Puerto Rico.

The total contract value with all options is valued at up to approximately $19.5 million, the company said.

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