FEMA administrator on delayed COVID testing efforts: Agency's role 'has not changed'
January 15, 2022 at 08:31 AM EST
Responding to questions about whether the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) should have been surging resources for COVID-19 testing months ago – before the omicron variant of the coronavirus began to infect individuals nationwide – Administrator Deanne Criswell said Friday that the agency was working to support states based on what they had requested.