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Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded $4.3 million to Massachusetts to support the COVID-19 response. This is in addition to the $12.1 million Massachusetts received previously for the response, for a total of $16.4 million. Through the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020, CDC will award $186 million in additional funding to states, localities, and territories this week.

“Increasing the capacity of our nation’s public health infrastructure is critical to stopping the spread of COVID-19 in communities across this country,” said CDC Director Robert R. Redfield, M.D. “These funds will augment core public health capabilities including surveillance and predictive analytics, laboratory capacity, qualified frontline deployers, and the ability to rapidly respond to emerging disease clusters in communities that currently have limited person to person spread of the virus.”

The funding awarded today will supplement an existing cooperative agreement to a number of states and local jurisdictions identified as having the highest number of reported COVID-19 cases and jurisdictions with accelerating COVID-19 cases. The funding will support a range of activities such as lab equipment, supplies, staffing, shipping, infection control, surge staffing, monitoring of individuals, and data management. The funding will also supplement an existing cooperative agreement to state jurisdictions through the Emerging Infections Program (EIP) to enhance surveillance capabilities.

For the latest information on the outbreak, visit CDC’s Novel Coronavirus 2019 website.