A $53 million plan to deliver rapid, at-home coronavirus tests to Colorado educators and frontline workers is in collapse, with the company the state hired to partner on the program
A $53 million plan to deliver rapid, at-home coronavirus tests to Colorado educators and frontline workers is in collapse, with the company the state hired to partner on the program accusing state officials of bungling the distribution rollout and placing nearly 1.86 million tests in danger of expiring.
The company suspended testing services for the program on Sunday and is in a protracted dispute with state officials.
Polis has said robust testing is a critical policy goal for the state. He pledged last year, early on in the pandemic, an “all-hands on deck” approach to expand testing. That approach has seen some successes, but also a recent setback related to an effort to expand surveillance testing in Colorado nursing homes.