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HHS Official: US Could Conduct 3M COVID-19 Tests per Day

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President Donald Trump listens to Assistant Secretary for Health and head of the Public Health Service Admiral Brett Giroir speak during a briefing. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Wednesday, 16 September 2020 11:53 AM EDT

The United States could have a capacity of 3 million coronavirus tests per day this month, and scale as high as 135 million tests a month by October, a top health official told a U.S. Congress panel on Wednesday.

Half of the 3 million tests would be rapid point-of-care tests, said Admiral Brett Giroir, assistant secretary for health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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The United States could have a capacity of 3 million coronavirus tests per day this month, and scale as high as 135 million tests a month by October, a top health official told a U.S. Congress panel on Wednesday. Half of the 3 million tests would be rapid point-of-care...
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