Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday announced that the federal government would continue its support for COVID-19 testing in Dallas beyond June.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Federal Emergency Management Agency have been supplying the capacity to conduct 2,000 tests each day — half of it at the two Community-Based Testing Sites at the American Airlines Center and the Ellis Davis Field House.
Federal testing support has been critical to our response to this pandemic,” Mayor Johnson said.
Dr. Kelvin Baggett, the Dallas COVID-19 Health and Healthcare Access Czar, has also been working with community partners to create Neighborhood Testing Centers to help strategically deploy more testing resources in Dallas.
Dr. Baggett was appointed to his role by Mayor Johnson and has focused on testing, contact tracing, and disparities in Dallas communities.
