“Two percent of the U.S. population is about 220 thousand tests a day,' one expert tells ABC News, 'but we know to test just the highest priority groups, we need a half a million tests a day, so this falls short.'
has rolled out a new blueprint for testing and confidently declared that the United States is already on solid footing on testing and on track to “more than double” capacity.
President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, April 27, 2020, in Washington. Dr. Cyrus Shahpar, director of the Prevent Epidemics Team at Resolve to Save Lives, says the White House goal falls far short of meeting standards for adequate testing.
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