Baltimore County To Purchase COVID-19 Test Kits From Local Company
TOWSON, MD. (WJZ) — Baltimore County announces a new agreement with a Sparks-based company to directly purchase COVID-19 testing collection and transport kits.
The county is the first jurisdiction to buy the kits from BD Integrated Diagnostic Solutions.
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They will buy up to 2,000 test kits per week.
The collected samples will be processed by LabCorp and Quest Diagnostics.
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