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