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Defense Department continues boosting coronavirus testing capacity amid CARES spending investigation

By Abraham Mahshie

Published October 16, 2020 6:41pm ET

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Defense Department continues boosting coronavirus testing capacity amid CARES spending investigation — Philadelphia Medical Reserve Corps volunteer Emma Ewing, a sophomore at Temple University, directs cars at the city's coronavirus testing site next to Citizens Bank Park in South Philadelphia on Friday, March 20, 2020. The site, which opened Friday afternoon, is the first city-run drive-through location where people can be swabbed to determine if they have the coronavirus. At the time of opening, it was only for people with symptoms who are over 50 and healthcare workers with symptoms.

Under scrutiny by its own internal watchdog for possibly misspending coronavirus relief money, the Pentagon announced this week a plan to buy $481 million worth of COVID-19 tests.

“This industrial base expansion effort will allow Cue Health to increase production to 100,000 COVID-19 test kits per day by March 2021,” read a Tuesday Department of Defense press release.

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