Mar 10, 2020 / 01:30PM GMT
Jack Meehan - Barclays Bank PLC, Research Division - VP & Senior Research Analyst
Good morning, and welcome to our second presentation from the Barclays Virtual HealthCare Conference. Really pleased to be joined this morning with Quest Diagnostics' CFO, Mark Guinan, as well as Head of Investor Relations, Shawn Bevec. And hoping to get through these questions over 25 minutes.
Questions and Answers:
Jack Meehan - Barclays Bank PLC, Research Division - VP & Senior Research AnalystJust wanted to start, Mark, with the here and now. Obviously, the topic de jure has been the coronavirus. I was curious if you could weigh in just how you expect this to impact the business and demand for testing services and have you seen any increased testing rates so far related to the new test.
Mark J. Guinan - Quest Diagnostics Incorporated - Executive VP & CFO
Right. Thanks for the question, Jack, and pleasure to be on the phone here. What we've shared publicly is that we started yesterday with specimens collected