North Carolina receives $189 million in federal funds to bolster Covid-19 testing capacity

The federal government is appropriating nearly $190 million in new funding to North Carolina to bolster its testing capacity for Covid-19 — something state officials have been pointing to as a necessary part of the strategy to safely reopen. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced it is giving $188.9 million to North Carolina as part of about $10.25 billion in funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to different states, cities, and jurisdictions…