The Trump administration promises to buy and distribute 100 million testing swabs and vials by the end of 2020, according to a report to Congress. But the largest share of the responsibility to ramp up Covid-19 testing remains on the states themselves.
But the largest share of the responsibility to ramp up testing remains on the states themselves."State plans must establish a robust testing program that ensures adequacy of Covid-19 testing, including tests for contact tracing, and surveillance of asymptomatic persons to determine community spread.
" The report was submitted to four congressional committees Sunday night per a deadline set by lawmakers for the national testing strategy. It was swiftly rejected by top Democrats, who accused the administration of painting a"rosy picture.
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