It’s been nearly a month since governors first called on the federal government to help provide testing so states could monitor the spread of the novel coronavirus.
They’re still waiting. And without knowing who’s ill and where, they can’t realistically slow the pandemic.
While President Donald Trump is touting a dramatic uptick in testing across the country, governors and public health officials say they are still being forced to dramatically ration the tests, while labs are confronting daunting backlogs that delay the results. Continue reading.