DocGo deploys no-cost testing program

LabPulse.com staff writers
Sep 19, 2021
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Mobile health services provider DocGo has deployed a no-cost, multiplex co-testing program that includes rapid antigen tests for influenza A and B.

In partnership with NYC Test & Trace Corps and NYC Health + Hospitals, DocGo made the new tests available last week across its mobile health fleet and street health and wellness outreach units. The single-swab assays test for multiple viruses at once and provide patients with results in 15 minutes or less.

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