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The United States needs 200 million tests a month to control the covid-19 pandemic, according to a report

2020-09-09T15:18:15.273Z


The United States should conduct up to 200 million covid-19 tests each month well into next year to have any chance of controlling the pandemic, experts say in a nu ...


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United States should conduct up to 200 million covid-19 tests each month well into next year to have any chance of controlling the pandemic, experts say in a new report.


That number is well beyond the country's current testing capacity, according to the report released Wednesday by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy.

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“The United States is likely to need a large number of all types of covid-19 testing through 2021 to contain outbreaks and return to normal activity, and it has a particular need for more screening tests that have very response times. fast, ”the report reads.

Public health experts across the country have said for months that testing will play a critical role in helping prevent the pandemic.

Getting enough people tested, and getting your results quickly, will help contact trackers locate Americans exposed to the virus and help control outbreaks.

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But Admiral Brett Giroir, the testing leader of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, has repeatedly said that the United States cannot emerge from the pandemic by testing alone.

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