100M rapid point-of-care tests are expected to be distributed to states and territories, according to President Trump. The president said he is pushing governors to use the test to reopen schools.
to reiterate an announcement from last month of a federal plan to distribute millions of rapid coronavirus diagnostic tests to states.
A shipment of 6.5 million tests is expected to go out this week to states as part of a $760 million contract the administration announced last month on the final day of the Republican National Convention. While deaths and hospitalizations have been declining from the surge in cases during July and August, an average of more than 700 people a day continue to die from the virus. New cases have remained at around 40,000 a day,heading into the cooler fall months, when Americans will be spending more time indoors and the influenza virus starts circulating. Several Midwestern states, including Iowa, Wisconsin and Missouri, have had spikes in their numbers of cases in recent weeks.
"The American people should anticipate that cases will rise in the days ahead," Vice President Mike Pence said, adding,"We are ready."
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