President Biden has inked a deal with pharmaceutical company Millipore Sigma to build a factory making materials for COVID-19 test strips over the next three years.
But the new facility will not start churning out the materials for three years, according to the company. If the timeline is correct, the deal will not alleviate the administration's scramble to make more tests available in the near future amid a lack of supply for Americans. The administration is under fire for reportedly rejecting a deal in October that would have strongly ramped up the supply of COVID tests.
U.S. President Joe Biden addresses the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly on September 21, 2021 at U.N. headquarters in New York City.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Biden revokes COVID-19 travel ban from southern African nationsThe U.S. travel ban from several southern African countries is being lifted, President Joe Biden said in a proclamation.
Read more »
Biden inks $137 mln contract to boost supply of key material for COVID tests -sourceThe Biden administration plans to announce on Wednesday a $137 million contract for Millipore Sigma, a unit of Germany's Merck KGaA , to boost production capacity of a highly constrained component of rapid coronavirus tests, a senior administration official told Reuters.
Read more »
Trump's UK Golf Resorts Claimed Millions in COVID Aid While He Was PresidentDonald Trump’s golf resorts in Scotland claimed nearly $4 million in COVID aid from the British government while he was in office.
Read more »
China tightens Xi'an lockdown as city reports highest daily Covid-19 cases in nearly 2 yearsChina's Xi'an has further tightened lockdown measures and rolled out a fifth round of mass testing as it reported the highest daily count of local symptomatic Covid infections in a Chinese city since March 2020.
Read more »