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Mia Palmieri Heck, Director of External Affairs, Office of the Undersecretary of Health, U. S. Department of Health and Human ServicesUsa Today said Friday that in August, the administration awarded Abbott a $760 million contract for the delivery of millions of rapids. Abbott BinaxNOW COVID-19 Antigen Card Point of Care Tests SARS-CoV-2 to expand testing to the United States.
The BinaxNOW check is undeniable, requires an instrument, provides effects in 15 minutes and costs only $5 according to the check, Heck said.
“We have delivered 353,720 BinaxNOW tests to traditionally black schools and universities to prevent imaginable outbreaks of COVID-19 in those high-risk communities,” Heck told USA Today.
“Each university receives sufficient evidence for members of its student body, staff and faculty, if they wish for diagnostic, screening, or surveillance tests. We will deliver approximately 300,000 additional BinaxNOW tests to the rest of HBCU over the next two weeks. “
In a story that was first reported this week through McClatchy’s Washington office, Private Admiral.
“We know they’ve been unattended in the afterlife and we just need them,” Giroir told McClatchy.
“We think it’s very, very equipping the HBCU,” Giroir said. “It is a fact, with the exception of a few high-tech universities that are globally competitive, that many of them are small, rural and do not have the kind of laboratory capacity that other universities have. “
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“Our recent acceptance of the White House COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test Kits gives us the opportunity to reach the point of service we provide to students, college and staff and will be a vital asset in combating the spread of the virus. “
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Each school is expected to first score between 3,000 and 10,000 exams, and will be replenished “as needed,” Giroir said.
Giroir said in McClatchy’s interview that African-Americans are five times more likely to be hospitalized for a coronavirus. HBCU research conducted through the Authority revealed that they had older teachers and other physical fitness points that made them a high-risk demographic organization for coronavirus.
The number of s will be consistent with HBCU for symptomatic Americans and between five and 10% of their student population according to the week.
“And if you start to have positive results, you’ll know you have that spark before you have a wildfire,” Giroir said.
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