HHS Launches ‘Surge’ COVID-19 Testing in Hotspot Jurisdictions in Florida, Louisiana and Texas

Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is announcing free COVID-19 testing in Jacksonville, Florida; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and Edinburg, Texas. Surge testing efforts will temporarily increase federal support to communities where there has been a recent and intense level of new cases and hospitalizations related to the ongoing outbreak.

“The Trump Administration is doubling-down on support to areas hard hit by COVID-19. Standing up surge testing sites is one of many tools we are utilizing now to assist local leadership to reduce community spread,” said Assistant Secretary for Health ADM Brett P. Giroir, M.D. “Data, including positive rates and demographic information, will inform how to shift state and local resources to reduce the occurrence of COVID-19.

SecAzar Arizona needs tests—they have a lot of cases! WHY do not have tests?

SecAzar Sec. Azar-You said that health care workers don't get Covid. LIAR. 94,000 have contracted it. 500 have DIED. Including a wonderful nurse in Kansas City weeks away from retirement.

...that's it? We need more testing in all major states that are having to turn people away or appointments are over a week away!

Good thing realDonaldTrump is such a stable genius and correctly predicated warm weather will kill the virus. It must suck to be in cold climates like Texas, Florida and Louisiana in July when cases are rising, well those in warm desert climates like Canada, cases are falling!

Folks we have a cure! realDonaldTrump was right about therapeutics winning

Omg ! Stop the scocislizing Edinburg!! Wear a mask 😷 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

Wut. NY NJ Conn could not even obtain testing unless we were symptomatic, this is R wing crap. So much for a Democratic Hoax it is 'Republican Pandemic' now. TrumpVirus and FredsFailure

solusnan1 Heh. Jacksonville. When is the Republican National Coronapalooza event, again?

puffn27 Arizona: *waves in pandemic*

solusnan1 So much for Covid being a blue state problem

Isn't all testing free? Increased access, test givers I imagine. Huge need.

Isn’t Jacksonville the site of the upcoming Republican National Convention?

Kinda fishy y'all chose Jacksonville.......

Jacksonville F.L.... isn't a huge indoor even full of out of state mask skeptics scheduled to take place there in a few weeks? What could possibly go wrong?

But I was told the rise in cases was due to increased testing! 🙄

About time! toolittletoolate TypicalTrumpdolittle

Let me guess: More testing equals a Spike.

Did anyone from HHS advise our idiot president how dangerous it is to withdraw from the WHO?

Better test were trumpy is golfing

After 4 months of this crisis, why are we in the place of offering free testing in just 3 locations in the US? We should have free testing everywhere.

SecAzar Enjoy the Corona Convention in Jacksonville, Sheep!

GREAT. About time someone in the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ACTUALLY DOES SOMETHING TO PROTECT US.

Phoenix, AZ?

This should have been done months ago. Too late Trump Fucks.

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