Gov. Hogan writes to President Trump to request guidance on using federal labs for COVID-19

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Governor Larry Hogan wrote to President Trump Tuesday afternoon to accept his offer to allow the State of Maryland to utilize federal labs for coronavirus testing, and to request guidance on how to move forward.

“Maryland is fortunate to have a plethora of federal installations with the potential to play a critical role in increasing our testing capacity, including Aberdeen Proving Ground, Fort Detrick, Fort Meade, the National Institutes of Health, and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center,” said Governor Hogan. “These federal labs can be key to our utilizing the 500,000 tests we recently acquired from South Korea and our comprehensive recovery plan to get Marylanders back to work as safely and quickly as possible.”

On Monday, Hogan announced that Maryland had acquired 500,000 COVID-19 tests from LabGenomics in South Korea. Hogan notes that these federal labs can be key to utilizing the tests recently acquired from South Korea.

To read Hogan’s full letter, click here.