• OFFERING A DETAILED PLAN OF ACTION TO DEFEAT COVID

  Tillis has a detailed plan of action to defeat COVID-19 and keep North Carolinians safe, pushing for solutions to expand testing, increase the supply of PPE, support our hospitals, and boost medical research funding.

• DELIVERING RELIEF TO NORTH CAROLINA

  Tillis has delivered more than $4 billion to the state of North Carolina and local communities to fight COVID-19.

• SUPPORTING OUR HOSPITALS, DOCTORS, NURSES

  Tillis has delivered nearly $2 billion to assist North Carolina’s medical providers, funding used to support our hospitals, doctors, and nurses on the frontlines fighting COVID-19.

• SUPPORTING OUR SCHOOLS TO KEEP STUDENTS AND TEACHERS SAFE

  Tillis is pushing for federal support for North Carolina’s schools in order to keep students, teachers, and staff safe for schools that have reopened and provide resources for schools that have moved to distance learning.

• PUSHING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SAFE AND AFFORDABLE VACCINE

  Tillis has pushed for federal funding to develop a safe, effective, and affordable vaccine as quickly as possible:
• Tillis supported early efforts to develop a COVID-19 vaccine by sending federal funding to government health agencies working with American companies.
• Tillis is pushing to make sure that a vaccine made in America goes to Americans first.
• Tillis is leading efforts to make a vaccine available at low-cost for all North Carolinians.

• FREE TESTING FOR NORTH CAROLINIANS

  Tillis has successfully worked to ensure COVID-19 testing is covered by insurance companies and testing is free for uninsured Americans.

• EXPEDITING TESTING RESOURCES FOR NORTH CAROLINA

  When North Carolina was facing a testing shortage, Tillis worked behind the scenes to cut government red-tape to get UNC Health’s new COVID-19 test approval expedited. The tests are now being used for North Carolinians.

• SECURING MEDICAL RESEARCH FUNDING FOR NORTH CAROLINA

  Tillis successfully secured federal support for COVID-19 research in North Carolina led by Wake Forest Baptist. The federal funding will advance antibody and surveillance research, a key component of controlling and defeating the pandemic.

• SUPPORTING PAID LEAVE

  Tillis strongly supported legislation that provides paid leave for workers who were infected with COVID-19 or were caring for sick family members.