Azar: Up To 4 Million COVID-19 Tests Will Be ‘Driving Forward’ Next Week

By next week, public health labs and hospitals should have enough COVID-19 diagnostic test kits to conduct up to 4 million tests, HHS Secretary Alex Azar told reporters Friday (March 6), shortly after President Donald Trump signed into law an emergency coronavirus supplemental funding bill that gives $61 million to FDA for medical product shortage response efforts and that waives certain Medicare telehealth restrictions during the COVID-19 public health emergency. Earlier this week, during a meeting with executives from seven...