Trump administration announces nationwide drive-through coronavirus testing to begin this week
by Cassidy Morrison
| March 15, 2020 05:54 PM
The Trump administration announced that drive-through coronavirus testing sites will open this week in each state, altogether able to test tens of thousands each week.
"We believe we've created a model base on the public health and the FEMA system that is optimized that can be used for drive-through or potentially walk-through," Adm. Brett Giroir, the assistant secretary for health and head of the Public Health Service, said at a White House press conference Sunday.
Giroir said the administration is also working with private retail companies to open drive-through testing centers in parking lots, and about 2,000 new labs will be able to process tests that can produce results within hours.
"We will start shipping gear, stuff, tomorrow," Giroir said. "We will start deploying officers tomorrow and Tuesday."
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