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Mayor's Office: City of Niagara Falls has essentially 'run out of' COVID-19 testing kits

City looking to allocate CDBG funds for COVID-19 testing through Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center
Mayor's Office: City of Niagara Falls has essentially 'run out of' COVID-19 testing kits
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FILE - This undated file photo provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows CDC's laboratory test kit for the new coronavirus. (CDC via AP, File)
Mayor's Office: City of Niagara Falls has essentially 'run out of' COVID-19 testing kits
Posted at 3:58 AM, Aug 06, 2020
and last updated 2020-08-06 03:58:06-04

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WKBW) — The City of Niagara Falls says it needs more testing kits for the fight against coronavirus.

The office of Mayor Robert Restaino (D-Niagara Falls) says the city has essentially, "run out of," COVID-19 testing kits.

Now, they're trying to use Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to buy more COVID-19 test kits.

The city wants the new tests to be more accurate and have a reduced turnaround time.

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