Governors use National Guard for coronavirus testing but need government help for test kits

In New York, a group of 30 National Guard soldiers and airmen working out of an old National Guard Armory building on the campus of the Sage College of Albany have helped assemble 328,650 coronavirus tests to date.

The massive test assembly and the Guard’s role in conducting nearly 6,000 tests per day across 10 drive-up test centers is part of what New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said will get his state to the reopening process. But first, he said he needs the federal government to help acquire more tests, an agreement he said he made with President Trump this week.