Governors across the country on Sunday pushed back on the Trump administration's claims that states are conducting a"sufficient" level of coronavirus testing.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, told CNN that the"lack of testing" is"probably the number one problem in America, and has been from the beginning of this crisis." "So, look, I think they have made some strides at the federal level," Hogan said."I think states are all working hard on their own to find their own testing. Lab capacity has been increasing. But it's not accurate to say there's plenty of testing out there, and the governors should just get it done. That's just not being straightforward.
“There is a sufficient capacity of testing across the country today for any state in America to go to a Phase 1 level, which contemplates testing people that have symptoms of coronavirus, and also doing the kind of monitoring of vulnerable populations in our cities, in our nursing homes, that we ought to be watching very carefully for outbreaks," Pence told NBC's"Meet the Press.
But governors have said are short the necessary equipment to conduct widespread testing. Speaking with"Meet the Press," Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, said he"could probably double, maybe even triple testing in Ohio virtually overnight if the FDA would prioritize companies that are putting a slightly different formula together for the extraction reagent kit.
"The reagents and the swabs are absolutely essential," she said."You can't process all these tests if you can't take the sample and protect it. And move forward through testing. So while our capabilities are there, these important supplies are not."
Source: Financial Digest (financialdigest.net)
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