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SARS-CoV-2 detection in the Waikato is still dominated by travel related outbreaks.
Read MoreThere are still very few of the traditional winter viruses circulating.
Read MoreRespiratory viral illness is at low levels. A small number of patients with suspected COVID 19 in the Waikato have been tested, but all have been negative so far.
Read MoreWe are still in the “summer season”, with very little Influenza, RSV or other viruses circulating.
Read MoreThe laboratory analyser system includes a pre-analytical module (MPA) that streamlines the process by centrifuging specimens, separating them where required, and feeding them into the analysers automatically.
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