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Trump administration: $1.3M for fast virus test development

| March 13, 2020 6:30 AM

President Donald Trump's administration announced Friday it is awarding $1.3 million to two companies trying to develop rapid COVID-19 tests that could detect whether a person is positive for the new coronavirus within an hour.

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