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EU delivers to Bulgaria substance for precise testing of COVID-19

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Four accredited Bulgarian laboratories (2 in Sofia, 1 in Stara Zagora and 1 in Varna) received new control substance created by European scientists to check the precision of the COVID-10 tests. The initiative aims to prevent false negative tests, the European Commission announced. The control substance is of very high concentration and the quantity of every container is enough for 20,000 individual tests. The substance will be delivered to all accredited laboratories in the EU. 




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