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Recall issued for rapid coronavirus test with $9.5M Alberta Health Services contract

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The company behind a rapid coronavirus test that was expected to be massively rolled out in rural Alberta has voluntarily recalled its product.

Alberta Health Services had announced a partnership worth $9.5 million with Spartan Bioscience in late March. The Ottawa-based Spartan said Sunday it is recalling its COVID-19 product and performing additional studies after Health Canada expressed some concerns.

AHS said that so far, it had only received a “small number” of the devices and had been testing the product before its planned rollout. “We have not received the larger shipment that would be deployed across the province.” [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] Williamson said that the contract with

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