The U.S. should be testing anywhere from 3 million to 30 million people for coronavirus a week, to at least 20 million a day, public health officials say.
” that details a testing optimization initiative to allow better coordination about lab needs.
A national system could help labs more easily track down supplies, according to Quick. “A part of this program is an emergency network for COVID testing that links together states and regions so they know where supplies can be purchased, and they have, in essence, kind of buyers clubs,” he said. California has managed to get enough of a handle on testing, through its coronavirus testing task force, the first state to expand testing to asymptomatic people in high-risk settings such as nursing homes and prisons, according to officials.
But Kocher said states' communication with the federal government also is key. California Gov. Gavin Newsom, for instance, spoke with Trump to secure several hundred thousand more swabs in the coming weeks.The Harvard report also urges innovations to broaden testing. Experts say that if there were a greater variety of good testing tools widely available, there still would be some options when various pieces in the supply chain are missing.
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