Ohio ‘drastically increasing’ coronavirus testing capacity with Cleveland dental lab partnership

April 24, 2020

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WJW) — Governor Mike DeWine has reached an agreement with a Cleveland-based company to increase Ohio’s coronavirus testing capacity.

DeWine says Ohio faced two challenges in regards to testing:

1. Labs did not have enough testing reagent
2. Ohio did not have enough swabs to conduct tests

Earlier this week the Governor announced that the Food and Drug Administration approved a new testing reagent created by a company called Thermo Fisher that would be able to nearly double or triple the state’s testing capacity.

During his Friday afternoon news conference, DeWine announced the state reached an agreement with another company that aims to address the state’s lack of swabs.

Cleveland-based company Roe Dental Lab will be manufacturing up to 1 million swabs to support Ohio’s testing efforts.

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