“Testing all 300,000 newborns for an additional 50 conditions would cost just $3 million a year. This is small change for the Federal Government – the same amount we spend on COVID-19 testing every 12 hours," said the organisation's chair.
Money for just 12 hours of COVID-19 testing would save lives each year
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