Puritan Medical executive Timothy Templet broke down the private manufacturers efforts to make up to 50 million swabs per month to combat Covid-19.
are two companies that were a target of the DPA to manufacture supplies, though the industrial giants had previously announced plans to build equipment.more testing capabilities were needed
in order to satisfy efforts to reopen businesses. Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who leads one of the states hardest hit by Covid-19, in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" called on the White House to use the Defense Production Act for swab and reagent production purposes, saying daily testing could triple in the state if more supplies were available. Maryland Republican Gov.
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