'It's going to get worse': Sen. Schumer calls for free COVID-19 tests, more PPE in Middletown
Sen. Chuck Schumer visited an Orange County yellow zone today to call for free coronavirus testing and more PPE for health care workers.
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Nov 25, 2020, 12:46 AM
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Chuck Schumer visited an Orange County yellow zone today to call for free
coronavirus testing and more PPE for health
care workers.
The Department
of Health and Human Services is withholding $9 billion in federal aid meant to
provide free and fast testing nationwide, according to Schumer.
Schumer wants the unused funds released and Congress to pass the
Protect Our Heroes Act to stockpile personal production equipment and boost U.S. production
of PPE.
“We are in the second wave of COVID. It's going to get
worse,” said Schumer. “The more
testing we do, the quicker we can overcome the problem. The quicker we can
prevent the spread of COVID."
The Protect Our
Heroes Act passed in the House last month.
There is no
update on when it could be up for deliberation in the Senate.
