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Private Labs Helped Germany Test 1 Million For Covid-19 Virus

A lab technician prepares solutions for the manufacture of coronavirus diagnostic test kits in Berlin.
Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg

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By Tim Loh and Naomi Kresge

April 2, 2020 at 1:06 PM UTC

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Germany has a powerful weapon in the battle to contain Covid-19: a wealth of private laboratories that are helping it test more than 50,000 people a day.