HHS Awards $19.5 Million to Rural MN Hospitals

Jeff Adair / CC

(Learfield)-The U-S Department of Health and Human Services is providing $19.5 million dollars to more than 75 rural Minnesota hospitals for COVID testing and mitigation efforts.

The funding will be used for coronavirus tests and education, contact tracing, and personal protective equipment.

U-S Senator Tina Smith said these grants will help ensure that rural hospitals in Minnesota will be able to take important steps to fight COVD-19 and to give patients access to testing services.