Roche says closed Chinese cities hinder virus diagnostics test deliveries

Swiss drugmaker Roche is struggling to deliver diagnostic tests for the coronavirus to large Chinese cities after Communist Party rulers halted people from entering and leaving in a bid to halt the spreading outbreak. “Getting the goods to hospitals has been a real challenge,” Roche diagnostics boss Thomas Schinecker told reporters on Thursday. Chief Executive Severin Schwan said Roche was the first company to supply tests to diagnose the virus, thought to have originated in a food market in the city of Wuhan with about 11 million people, and has now seen thousands of cases and at least …read more

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