Biden signs $137 million deal with German pharmaceutical company for COVID test strip factory that will take THREE YEARS to build and will start producing 83.3 million tests a month in late 2024 at the earliest

Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 12/30/2021 | KATELYN CARALLE

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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

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