USAMRIID is part of the Laboratory Response Network, which means it can test samples in a diagnostic capacity, she said.
USAMRIID and the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command, which oversees the laboratory, are two tools in the fight against COVID-19, an “extraordinary challenge,” said Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy at a press conference after his tour.
There will be an infusion of funding for the Army to help address COVID-19, McCarthy said.
Some of that money will likely go toward research conducted at USAMRIID and other units under USAMRDC, such as the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research.
“The heroes in this fight are going to be some of the people we saw today,” said Gen. James C. McConville, Army chief of staff.