(Reuters) – The U.S. government is committing to purchase an additional 180 million rapid COVID-19 tests for $1 billion, adding to the $2 billion test buying plan it announced in September, a top U.S. health official said on Wednesday.
The combined purchases will help quadruple the United State’s test output by December to around 200 tests per month, Jeff Zients, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, said during a press call.
(Reporting by Carl O’Donnell; Editing by Leslie Adler)
