President Donald J. Trump’s said Monday that the federal government will soon begin shipping millions of rapid coronavirus tests to all 50 states, including about 1 million to Connecticut by the end of the calendar year.
The Associated Press reported Monday afternoon that Trump’s administration plans to send out an initial wave of 6.5 million of Abbott Laboratories tests this week, and a total of 100 million of the tests over the coming weeks.
Gov. Ned Lamont’s office said that the tests will be distributed according to each state’s population — and with about 1% of the total U.