Kathy Castor calls on HHS to increase COVID-19 testing supplies
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The state is running low on "reagent" needed to process tests.

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services asking the government to work with manufacturers to increase production of substances known as “reagents” needed to process COVID-19 test results.

“With the sustained high numbers of Floridians testing positive for COVID-19, we need to ensure timely test results to allow contact tracers to do their jobs and help stop the spread of this virus,” Castor wrote Wednesday in a letter to Assistant Secretary of Health Brett P. Giroir. “Unfortunately, I am hearing from health providers across the state that they are in dire need of reagents to process tests.”

In the letter, Castor said some health providers have told her they have as little as two days’ supply of reagents. Others have no reagents.

“This inconsistency and low level of supply in a state with significant needs and increasing demand is very concerning because it directly impacts our ability to meet the health care needs across Florida,” Castor wrote.

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Republished with permission from the News Service of Florida.

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One comment

  • BlueHeron

    July 31, 2020 at 12:57 am

    Rep. Castor needs to get a message to Gov Cuomo. I’ll bet that
    he can find a little something for us.
    Scream from the rooftops. Be a junkyard dog if necessary. I don’t
    care about political “etiquette”. DeSantis keeps claiming all is well.
    All good here.
    WHEN will any of our elected leaders really stand up and fight for us?

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