- Biden administration struck a deal a German company to build a factory in Wisconsin to increase production of COVID-19 testing kits
- MilliporeSigma’s new factory will pump out 83.3 million tests per month – but the facility won’t be operational for another three years
- ‘Construction is expected to begin the second half of 2022 and initial planning and preparatory work is already underway,’ a MilliporeSigma spokesperson said
- They told DailyMail.com: ‘We estimate that the facility will be capable of providing lateral flow membranes in the latter part of 2024’
- Fuels speculation the administration thinks testing will still be needed in 2025
- Does not fix immediate concerns of testing shortages and hours-long lines to get tested for COVID-19 as the Omicron variant sweeps the nation
- Biden caught heat Wednesday with news contracts won’t be finished ‘until next week’ for the 500 million at-home tests that he promised
- There are still unanswered questions about how the at-home test distribution will work and how long it will take for the tests to arrive once ordered