Or on the line every day. Last week, we talked about how important testing is to our desire to reopen the economy while taking every appropriate measure to protect the lives and health of customers, staff, business owners, visitors and residents in every corner of our state. Today, we are very pleased to announce a partnership with idx it employs 3000 people in our state, and worldwide leader in the production of diagnostics is partnering with us to provide covid19 test material sufficient to more than triple our current Testing Capacity. While this a deal was and that works, we boarded for the fda and washington to give final emergency use approval to idexx new approval. That approval arrived this morning. This changes everything. For weeks, my administration has been in discussions with idexx to make sure people of wade would be the beneficiary of their new test kits should fda approve them. And now we have that approval. As a result of this partnership, the state of maine will have
Announced a new partnership with a local laboratory 11 the state to test more people for covid19. Her state or conference with state Public Health officials is about an hour. Gov. Mills good morning, good afternoon. We have good news for you today. 67 days, our Coronavirus Task force has worked day and night to provide the resources to make every man, woman, and child in maine safe. Has talkeddr. Shah about the critical need for testing of the virus in any number of settings, particularly when it comes to protecting our most Vulnerable People and our frontline workers whose lives are on the line every day. Who lives or on the line every day. Last week, we talked about how important testing is to our desire to reopen the economy while taking every appropriate measure to protect the lives and health of customers, staff, business owners, visitors and residents in every corner of our state. Today, we are very pleased to announce a partnership with idx it employs 3000 people in our state, a