PHOTO: NxGen MDx is rolling out what it’s calling a COVID plus test, which allows the lab to screen for COVID-19, Flu A and Flu B. (Oct. 27, 2020)
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A Grand Rapids based medical research lab is launching a new test that allows them to screen for COVID-19, flu A and flu B.
The company behind the test, NxGen MDx, calls it the COVID plus test.
Doug McIntosh with NxGen, “We’ve gone from a lab that was operating five days a week, one shift to seven days a week, three shifts with the capacity to do 9,000 tests a day."
NxGen's McIntosh said they first started developing the COVID plus test about three months ago when they noticed many patients testing negative despite showing symptoms.