The WHO said some of the Covid19 tests cost only $5

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LabCorp last night made a COVID-19 test it developed available for clinicians.

Quest Diagnostics also will launch a molecular-based assay COVID-19 test service March 9.

$8.3 billion emergency funding bill (H.R. 6074) for COVID-19 Department of Health and Human Services yesterday said it will transfer initial funds through the CDC for state and and local jurisdictions with the largest COVID-19 response needs.

To encourage manufacturers to immediately increase production of N95 respirators for use by health care professionals while providing reassurance to manufacturers that they will not be left with excess supplies once the COVID-19 response subsides, HHS announced it will purchase 500 million N95s for the Strategic National Stockpile over the next 18 months.

Brian Patrick Monahan is the Attending Physician of the United States Congress and the United States Supreme Court and holds the rank of rear admiral in the United States Navy.

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March 10, 2020 Nancy Messonnier, director of CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that private lab testing for the novel coronavirus is now available in all 50 states.

Younger adults comprise big portion of coronavirus hospitalizations in U.S.
New C.D.C. data showed that nearly 40 percent of patients sick enough to be hospitalized were aged 20 to 54. But the risk of dying was significantly higher in older people.