How has COVID-19 impacted supply chains around the world?
Published Date: 4/7/2020
Source: phys.org
Acute shortages of supplies to safely diagnose and treat patients with COVID-19 has crippled the United States' response to the coronavirus pandemic. Despite the importance of widespread and comprehensive testing for COVID-19, a joint statement issued two weeks ago by state health authorities and public health laboratories warned of a "widescale shortage of laboratory supplies and reagents" and urged health professionals to limit testing "until sufficient testing supplies and capacity become more widely available."