Jacksonville lab producing COVID-19 test kits for nation
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. โ A Jacksonville lab has switched gears to help in the nationwide fight against COVID-19. Within the past week, the Southside lab, which normally does cancer biopsies and disease screening, converted to build COVID-19 test kits to ship across the country to keep up with demand. Scientists are putting together COVID-19 test kits to keep up with the demand from the coronavirus pandemic. The team is working around the clock in shifts, so the lab is producing kits 24/7. Sonic Healthcare Bernhardt Labs in Jacksonville (WJXT)The lab, founded by Bernhardtโs father, has been running pathology tests, screening for cancers and other diseases, since the 1980s and still is.