With goalposts shifted, Vice President Pence insists testing rates in the US are good for 'Phase One' of a reopening strategy.
after a caucus call on Friday. And it isn’t just Democrats who are concerned. The Independent senator from Maine,, called the lack of a national testing strategy a “dereliction of duty.” Republican senatorof Louisiana said “if I were king for a day…I would concentrate on three things: testing, testing and testing.
” Evensaid of testing is “not where it needs to be yet…I urged [President Trump] to do even more on testing.”the need for daily coronavirus testing to be between 500,000 and 700,000. Pence’s Phase One proposal puts the onus on governors to activate the labs in their states to potentially double the amount of tests nationwide from 150,000 to 300,000.
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