VP Mike Pence, who is leading the Trump administration's coronavirus response, acknowledged there was a shortfall in testing kits: 'We don't have enough tests today to meet what we anticipate will be the demand going forward'
Vice President Mike Pence, who is leading the administration's response to the coronavirus crisis, acknowledged Thursday there was a shortfall in the number of testing kits required to meet demand."We don't have enough tests today to meet what we anticipate will be the demand going forward," Pence told reporters while touring 3M facilities in Minnesota.
It removed earlier restrictions that limited testing for the virus to people who'd been hospitalized with a fever and respiratory symptoms -- or a person who had close contact with a confirmed coronavirus patient.At briefings on Capitol Hill and at the White House, administration officials -- including the Food and Drug Administration head and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar -- laid out expectations for at least one million tests becoming available.
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