The White House has sent an additional 50,000 coronavirus rapid testing kits to Colorado, to support disaster response efforts as the state grapples with its largest wildfires. “We are sparing no effort or expense to save millions of American lives,” White House spokesman Michael Bars said in a statement to Fox News. BIDEN SLAMS WHITE HOUSE STATEMENT TAKING CREDIT FOR ‘ENDING’ CORONAVIRUS PANDEMICThe White House first sent 25,000 BinaxNOW rapid testing kits to Colorado last week, to aid in providing additional tests and to help replace testing sites affected by the fires. Health officials reportedly requested the additional testing kits Saturday. As thousands of Coloradans remain evacuated or displaced because of the fires, the state is also seeing record spikes in coronavirus cases.

Source: Fox News October 28, 2020 23:26 UTC