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Guilford Medical Product Manufacturer Receives $51 M To Produce More Swabs For COVID-19 Testing

Maine Public | By Patty Wight
Published August 14, 2020 at 10:09 AM EDT
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Puritan Medical Products in Guilford is receiving $51 million in federal funding from the CARES Act to boost production of swabs.

Puritan Medical Products in Guilford is receiving $51 million in federal funding from the CARES Act to boost production of swabs used for COVID-19 testing.

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, a Maine Republican, announced the funding in a news release.

The company is expected to be able to make an additional 50 million swabs a month, bringing its total production to 90 million swabs per month. According to the release from Collins, Puritan will also hire additional employees.

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Patty Wight
Patty is a graduate of the University of Vermont and a multiple award-winning reporter for Maine Public Radio. Her specialty is health coverage: from policy stories to patient stories, physical health to mental health and anything in between. Patty joined Maine Public Radio in 2012 after producing stories as a freelancer for NPR programs such as Morning Edition and All Things Considered. She got hooked on radio at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine, and hasn’t looked back ever since.
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