Giroir: Innovations Will Spur 100 Million Test Capacity By September

The country is on pace to be able to conduct 100 million COVID-19 tests by September thanks to point-of-care and pooled tests in addition to a new machine that tests for both the coronavirus and the flu, HHS Assistant Secretary for Health Brett Giroir said in press call Thursday (July 23). Giroir estimates the country is running up to 770,000 tests a day and lab capacity will grow to 51 million tests in August and 65 million in September. “I’m...