Trump virus testing plan ‘dissolves federal government of responsibility’

Sky News contributor Michael Ware says US President Donald Trump is providing reports about the effectiveness of the US’ coronavirus testing regime that conflict with those given by one of his top experts, Dr Deborah Birx. “She said diagnostic testing – will get us through spring, which we’re in now, and summer, which is coming, but we really need a breakthrough in antibody testing to move beyond that,” he told Sky News. The number of confirmed virus cases has surpassed one million across the country, with the death toll reaching 57,000. Mr Ware said the president held a White House briefing on Tuesday where he unveiled a “national blueprint for testing”. “What it really does is just put all the pressure on the states to come up with the tests and the way to execute them and dissolves the federal government of responsibility except for being the supplier of tests or medium of tests or swabs of last resort,” he said. Image: AP

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