U.S. needs to ensure underserved minorities have 'equitable access' to coronavirus testing, testing chief says

Underserved minorities need 'equitable access' to coronavirus testing, HHS official says

The U.S. needs to ramp up "equitable access" to testing for the coronavirus, the government's top testing official said in a briefing with reporters Thursday.Assistant Secretary for Health admiral Brett Giroir speaks as US President Donald Trump listens during a news conference on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on April 27, 2020.The U.S.

Adm. Brett Giroir, an assistant secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services who is running the government's testing response, said data shows black Americans have been disproportionately hit hard by the pandemic. HHS will now require laboratories to report the age, race, ethnicity, sex, zip code and type of test performed on patients when reporting data to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, he told reporters on a conference call.

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