Easing demands on COVID-19 testing could shorten wait times for people to get their results.
Giroir's guidance is meant to"take down the fervor" of testing, he said, even though the country can now handle about 800,000 COVID-19 tests a day.
The one exception for young, healthy people, Giroir said, is if they are living with others who are medically vulnerable, such as elderly grandparents. "By September, we're going to have about 23 million individual point-of-care tests in the market," he said. Most are expected to be in high-risk places, such as nursing homes and schools.
The federal government has ordered extra flu vaccines this year, and it is encouraging everyone to get flu shots, Giroir said. While they're not 100 percent effective in preventing the flu, they can reduce the severity of the illness.
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