The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) has approved more than $6.7 million in additional public assistance funding for the COVID-19 response in Utah. The assistance was made available under a major disaster declaration issued April 4, 2020. FEMA has provided a total of $108 million for the Utah COVID-19 response to date.
The $6.7 million was received by the Utah Department of Health for associated costs, contracts and facilities to set up mobile testing centers statewide and transport COVID tests to the state laboratory for specimen testing. Additionally, the department purchased personal protective equipment, supplies and equipment to protect and assist with the work performed by the emergency response teams and state laboratory personnel. All costs for this project were accrued between April 13, 2020, and Feb. 28, 2021.
