Health officials spoke before Congress on Tuesday about the spread and containment of COVID-19 in the United States. Nine people have now died from coronavirus in the U.S., all in the Seattle area.
Now to a different story - responding to an anxious public, federal health officials announced today they are changing their guidelines so any doctor can order a test for the new coronavirus. The death count in the U.S. now stands at nine, with more than 70 cases reported. And while health officials say COVID-19 has not yet broken out into a full-blown epidemic, it could end up doing so.RICHARD HARRIS, BYLINE: Hey, Ari.
HARRIS: Well, for weeks, access was very limited because the ability to test was extremely limited. Most samples had to be sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. And in order to keep that manageable, they had a pretty strict recommendation for who could and could not be tested.
SHAPIRO: We keep hearing that the risk to the average American is quite low, so is there really a need for coast-to-coast testing?
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