Stittsville company doubling workforce to produce COVID-19 test swabs

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Stittsville, Ont., company doubling workforce to produce swabs for new portable COVID-19 test kit

Spartan BioscienceOwner of L-D Tool & Die, Laurie Dickson, told CTV Morning Live's Annette Goerner his partnership with Spartan's Paul Lem goes back many years.

Dickson said the company isn't making anything new. They're making the cheek swabs that go along with the device by Spartan, but they need to ramp up production becauseRight now, he says, the company can make about two-thousand swabs a day, but he's doubling his workforce to ensure a tenfold increase in production.

Dickson said he's looking for people who are dextrous and who ideally have some assembly line experience.

 

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Thank God. We need way more testing.

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