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Coronavirus testing a growing concern for states as cases mount
As the total number of coronavirus cases in the U.S. climbed to 1,325 on Thursday, with nearly 40 deaths nationwide, many state officials have signaled frustration about the lack of tests being conducted to detect COVID-19.
As the total number of coronavirus cases in the U.S. climbed to 1,325 on Thursday, with nearly 40 deaths nationwide, many state officials have signaled frustration about the lack of tests being conducted to detect COVID-19.
The federal government has issued no official numbers for the country’s overall testing capacity and different agencies have offered different figures. Lawmakers have suggested an estimated 2.4 million tests exist that could cover 800,000 Americans. Each test kit distributed to laboratories and testing centers is said to include two swabs -- one each for the nose and mouth -- but conflicting data has sparked angst, uncertainty and confusion about the availability of the tests.
Trump administration officials have left “a lot of questions” unanswered, particularly on the nation’s testing capacity, U.S. Rep. Mark Walker, R-N.C., said.
“I believe the [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] struggled to give a really strong answer on being able to duplicate some of the places like South Korea,” he added. The Asian nation, far smaller than the U.S., has reportedly been testing its citizens at a far greater rate.
U.S. Coronavirus Task Force member Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health told House members Thursday that the U.S. needs to improve its testing procedures. “The system is not really geared to what we need right now,” Fauci said. “That is a failing. It is a failing, let’s admit it.”
Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the former FDA commissioner and current resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank, said Thursday he believed U.S. labs could process results for more than 20,000 patients per day -- a figure based on a combination of publicly reported information and historical estimates from government, private and academic labs -- but it’s a theoretical figure. Click here for more on our top story.
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