Many governors say they need more coronavirus testing. President Trump said his administration would have a call with governors on Monday about increasing capacity.
President Trump speaks as Vice President Pence looks on during a coronavirus task force press briefing on Sunday.President Trump speaks as Vice President Pence looks on during a coronavirus task force press briefing on Sunday.At a briefing of his task force Sunday, President Trump said his administration would have a call with governors and the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Monday to discuss how to increase coronavirus testing capacity in states.
Trump's remarks come as the administration defends its testing response and guidelines for states to start resuming normal operations, even as several governors said they are far short of the testing capacity they'd need to lift restrictions. The president said governors are relying on state laboratories for testing instead of commercial labs, and he said commercial labs are also operating at 30% capacity and can go higher.that he is"right on testing" and that governors"must be able to step up and get the job done."
Vice President Pence said that the country is doing about 150,000 tests a day and could double that by working with states to activate additional lab sites.people a day, if not more, to begin to"reopen" the economy.Thursday for how states could take a phased approach to restarting economic activity.Sunday morning, Pence said the current level of testing is enough for an approach that tests people with coronavirus symptoms and monitors people who are especially vulnerable.
"We believe the testing that we have today, Chris, across the country, once we activate all of the labs that can do coronavirus testing, is sufficient for any state in America to move into Phase 1," he said, assuming a state's cases are on a 14-day decline.
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