Testing continues to struggle in the country as Trump boasts the U.S. leads in numbers of tests performed.
President Barack Obama on the need for testing before reopening the country:"Social distancing bends the curve and relieves some pressure on our heroic medical professionals. But in order to shift off current policies, the key will be a robust system of testing and monitoring—something we have yet to put in place nationwide."when it came to testing.
According to Birx on Friday, the tests are using the same platform as HIV viral loads, and because it's a complex test, not all machines are running. Last year, there were between 3 and 4 million HIV viral loads done in the country. She shared the strategy right now is to focus testing in hot spots. Trump said he would announce a task force Tuesday to advise him on reopening the country. According to Johns Hopkins University, the U.S. now leads the world in confirmed cases of the coronavirus with 514,415 and reported deaths with 19,882. The White House's coronavirus task force is now estimating around 60,000 Americans will die from the coronavirus.16 million. That's how many people have filed for unemployment benefits in the past three weeks.
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