The US is struggling to test enough people to control the spread of coronavirus, a crucial first step to reopening parts of the economy, which President Trump is pushing to do by May 1. 9News
against each other and their peers abroad in a system that Governor Andrew Cuomo, D-N.Y., described as "mayhem."
Vice President Mike Pence boasted Thursday that the US had completed more than 3 million tests, but in March he promised 5 million would be distributed by the middle of that month. Pence told reporters Monday that if governors "would simply activate" underused high-capacity testing machines, "we could double the amount of testing in the U.S. literally overnight.
The San Luis Obispo County health department can only test 50 samples per day, and a spokeswoman said those tests are reserved for people who are hospitalized, first responders and those who have had contact with people who tested positive. Rodriguez didn't qualify. Another clinic told her she might have to pay $150 if it determined she did not fit its test criteria.
Lab officials and health experts told The Associated Press that supply shortages have prompted them to limit who can be tested. That can leave out people who have symptoms but aren't sick enough to be hospitalized, or people who have no symptoms and might unwittingly spread the virus. Experts say it will be crucial to test those people if the economy is to reopen.
Vendors, in response, are restricting what hospitals can buy, said Dr. Robin Patel of the Mayo Clinic's infectious disease laboratory.In early March, Trump announced a plan for nationwide testing viaat chains such as Walmart and Target, linked by a Google-affiliated website. Six weeks later, the website is a pilot program available in just four California counties.
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