WASHINGTON, Feb 17 (Reuters) - The Biden administration
plans to provide $650 million to expand COVID-19 testing for
elementary and middle schools, as well as homeless shelters and
other underserved congregate settings, the     White House said
in a statement on Wednesday.
    It will also spend $815 million to increase U.S.
manufacturing of testing supplies and $200 million for virus
genome sequencing, the statement said. 

 (Reporting by Susan Heavey; Editing by Tim Ahmann)
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