The federal government is ending funding for coronavirus test sites in 5 states as Trump claims the US is testing too much

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• The federal government is ending funding and support for 13 coronavirus testing sites in five states on June 30, Talking Points Memo and CNN reported.
• It comes as the US continues to see a spike in new COVID-19 cases.
• The decision will hurt Texas especially badly. The state has seven of those testing sites and is currently seeing a record spike in cases.
• President Donald Trump had said over the weekend that he would slow down testing, claiming that widespread testing makes it seem like the US outbreak is much worse than other countries.
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The federal government will stop funding and support for 13 coronavirus testing sites in five states on June 30, despite the US seeing a new surge in cases, according to reports from Talking Points Memo and CNN.

The 13 closing testing sites are located in Texas, Illinois, New Jersey, Colorado, and Pennsylvania. They were set up early on in the outbreak by the federal government to amp up testing capabilities and take some of the burden off local and state governments.

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