U.S. agency spells out new COVID-19 testing mandate for nursing homes

The new rules also mandate nursing homes to share test results with the U.S. government and hospitals to provide data on COVID-19 cases to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).The U.S. government has been pushing to increase the availability of tests, especially cheap, fast turnaround tests, to make it easier to identify and quarantine sick patients as the country continues to reopen its economy.The U.S. in July purchased 2,000 antigen test systems and 750,000 tests from Becton, Dic