Experts Tell US Congress: Labs Must Improve Capacity, Carry Out 3.5 Million COVID-19 Tests Weekly
Executive Summary
Public health experts told a House Appropriations Subcommittee on 6 May that the federal government must provide states enough point-of-care COVID-19 rapid test supplies and dollars to improve public laboratory capacity to conduct millions of tests each week to subdue the coronavirus.
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