Detroit began testing its first responders, bus drivers and health care workers for coronavirus using new rapid testing kits that produce results in about 15 minutes or less.
DETROIT – Detroit on Thursday began testing its first responders, bus drivers and health care workers for coronavirusDetroit Mayor Mike Duggan said Wednesday the city is the first in the country to begin using the kits from Abbott, a global health care company based in Lake County, Illinois.
The city spent $377,049 on Abbott testing kits, instruments, control swabs and bar code readers, according to the city's purchase order dated March 29. The purchase order did not specify quantities for the equipment, but a spokesman for Mayor Duggan said the city bought 5,000 kits. . The city as of Thursday had 2,860 positive cases and 97 deaths. Hundreds of police officers have been quarantined and 91 members of the department, as of Wednesday, have tested positive.
Duggan spokesman John Roach said he does not yet know if the city is planning to buy more rapid testing kits to use on residents.
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