The United States is turning to South Korea -- a country with an aggressive testing regime that President Donald Trump previously downplayed -- to bring approximately 750,000 more coronavirus tests to the US, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
FEMA, an agency within the US Department of Homeland Security, awarded contracts to manufacturers in South Korea last week to provide approximately 750,000 tests, according to a FEMA spokesperson and federal records.
Over the weekend, the first shipment of 150,000 tests were delivered to the US by SolGent. The next shipment of 600,000 tests will arrive by April 15. They are being provided by two South Korea-based companies, SD Biosensor and Osang Healthcare.
The intent, the FEMA spokesperson said, is to move the tests to a cold storage facility in Louisville, Kentucky, for distribution. Urgent needs will be given priority, according to a FEMA advisory obtained by CNN.
미국 연방재난관리청(미국 국토안보부에 소속) 대변인과 미국 연방기록에 따르면
연방재난관리청은 지난주에 한국의 제조사들과 75만회에 가까운 분량의 검사 키트를
제공받는 계약을 맺었다.
주말에 솔젠트의 첫 15만회 분량 키트가 미국으로 수송됐으며, 다음 60만회 분량은
4월 15일에 미국에 도착할 것이다. 이것은 한국의 에스디 바이오센서와 오상 헬스케어에 의해
제공된다.
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