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Alert on the Increase of COVID-19 Cases in Puerto Rico after surpassing 225 thousand molecular tests

Submitted on 30 June 2020 - 1:35pm

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Comunicado de Prensa Puerto Rico Public Health Trust

After accomplishing more than 225,000 thousand molecular tests by private reference laboratories on the Island; The Puerto Rico Public Health Trust (PRPHT), a program of the Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust (PRSTRT) along with the Department of Health of Puerto Rico, warn of the reflected increase in positive cases of COVID-19 in the last two weeks.

Innovación para acelerar el acceso a pruebas moleculares

Submitted on 9 June 2020 - 10:03pm

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El Nuevo Día

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Sharon Minelli Pérez

En el laboratorio de Engine-4 Coworking Space en Bayamón se adelanta el diseño y la impresión tridimensional de hisopos de resina para realizar las pruebas moleculares del COVID-19, con miras a que Puerto Rico no dependa de recibir desde el exterior estos componentes esenciales en la lucha por contener la pandemia.