Plenty of labs can now test for coronavirus. But a key testing component is in short supply.

In some cases, the shortage has prompted lab personnel to borrow components from colleagues who were using similar kits for testing unrelated to COVID-19, said one expert.

A new shortage of a key testing component is hobbling the U.S. battle against COVID-19 as theEarlier testing was marred by problems that produced potentially inaccurate results. Now, as U.S. testing ramps up, some labs have run short on the kits and components needed to determine whether samples taken from ailing patients confirm the presence of the novel coronavirus.

"What we need is a lot more testing, right now," Lipsitch said, but testing kits and components"are in very short supply.", a multinational leader in molecular testing headquartered in Germany. Spiking demand for its products has prompted the company to increase production to three shifts a day, seven days a week, at plants in Germany and Spain.

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