President Trump plans to announce today that the administration has struck a $750 million deal to acquire 150 million rapid coronavirus tests to be deployed in nursing homes, schools and other areas with populations at high risk
The move would represent a significant expansion of the nation's coronavirus testing, which has experienced frequent bottlenecks in recent months that prevented rapid turnaround of test results. The United States has tested about 22 million people in the last month.Trump is set to speak on his response to the coronavirus as part of his address to the Republican National Convention on Thursday evening.
The Trump administration has come under scrutiny for its posture on coronavirus testing, including this week for to stop promoting testing for people without symptoms. Administration officials have maintained that physicians and the CDC signed off on the change.
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