The Commonwealth of Virginia will receive 60,000 nasopharyngeal swabs weekly to support high-priority COVID-19 testing across the state, thanks to a collaboration led by University of Virginia faculty to design this key testing supply.
A total of 75,000 swabs are slated for production each week, with 15,000 swabs remaining at UVA Health to support testing at the health system.
"There have been critical shortages across Virginia and across the country of nasopharyngeal swabs for COVID-19 testing," said Dr. Amy Mathers, associate director of clinical microbiology at UVA, whose lab can perform up to 750 tests per day. "These swabs will allow our supply chain team to focus on other areas where testing supplies remain limited."
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