Here are five notes:
1. The test kits will assess if a person was recently infected with Zika.
2. After more time has elapsed since the exposure, the CDC will have 100,000 Zika virus immunoglobulin tests.
3. The CDC will conduct the tests at state and local health departments, as well as at the CDC.
4. The agency is currently speaking with commercial companies to determine if they can also provide some of the tests.
5. Earlier this month, President Obama requested $1.8 billion in emergency appropriations to combat Zika, which House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers, State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee Chairwoman Kay Granger and Labor, Health and Human Services Subcommittee Chairman Tom Cole warned they would reject. President Obama disregarded the warning and sent the Speaker of the House a formal request for $1.9 billion.
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