Only two companies in the world manufacture the type of swabs needed to test for the coronavirus. Now, they're scrambling to meet demand.
But only two companies in the world manufacture the specialized instrument used to collect a sample from noses.
One of those companies, Puritan Medical Products, based in Guilford, Maine has ramped up its production to more than 1 million swabs per week, according to Timothy Templet, the company's vice president of sales.on Wednesday about the pressures on the company to meet the"overwhelming" demand.
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