Fauci says US will have needed tests by end of May, beginning of June
Dr. Anthony Fauci on Tuesday said he hoped anyone who needed a coronavirus test should be able to get one by the end of May or early June. Fauci has previously said the U.S. needs about 3 million tests per week. Harvard researchers say 500,000 tests per day are needed. The country is currently testing about 200,000 per day.
“Hopefully we should see that as we get toward the end of May, the beginning of June,” Fauci said when asked by CNN’s Jake Tapper, “When will everybody who needs to get a test be able to get one?”
“That's what I'm being told by the people who are responsible for the testing,” said Fauci, the government’s top infectious disease expert, referring to his colleagues on the White House task force dealing with the pandemic.
“I take them for their word. If that doesn't happen, I'm gonna go to them and say, what happened here? Why didn't it happen, and how can we fix it?”
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/495132-fauci-says-us-will-have-needed-tests-by-end-of-may-beginning-of-june
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