Previously, testing had largely been confined to public health labs, which combined have a capacity of about 8,000 tests per week.
WASHINGTON -- The Biden administration has started shipping monkeypox tests to commercial laboratories, in a bid to speed diagnoses for suspected infections for the virus that has already infected at least 142 people in the U.S.
"All Americans should be concerned about monkeypox cases," said Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra in a statement."Thankfully we have right now the tools to fight and treat cases in America. By dramatically expanding the number of testing locations throughout the country, we are making it possible for anyone who needs to be tested to do so."
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