To help states meet that goal, the federal government is providing them with 12.9 million swabs.
The White House will announce this afternoon a push for states to test at least 2 percent of their population for the coronavirus in May, a senior administration official told reporters today.
To help states meet that goal, the federal government is providing them with 12.9 million swabs and nearly10 million tubes of chemicals used to transport samples.
The White House will also reveal how it plans to distribute $11 billion from the CARES Act to support state coronavirus testing plans.
