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Forward. >> now pence now claims 1.2 million testing kits will be shipped nationwide by the end of this week. and actually testing patients will take longer. >> meantime the world health organization is ringing the alarm saying, quote, this is not a drill. countries have been planning for scenarios like this for decades. now is the time to act on those plans. a w.h.o. doctor tried to ease concerns on last nights cnn town hall. >> what is really interesting about this virus is that many countries...

Out some spin that we dont want the president to get in the way of the cdcs important work. well see if the president ends up there this afternoon. hes supposed to end up there this afternoon. but i think what this shows you is sort of the chaotic messaging out of the white house about this. i mean, what is it? just tell the truth about this. ironically, it was the president who told the truth here and said, look, we thought there was a problem, and now we think theres not a problem and were goi...

Administrations response to the virus. he will no doubt face questions about his contradicting statements about when and how many coronavirus testing kits will be available. >> any american that wants to be tested for the coronavirus on their doctors indications can be tested. we don >> we dont have enough tests today to meet what we anticipate will be the demand going forward. for those who we believe have been exposed, for those who are showing symptoms, weve been able to provide the testing. ...

In the early stages of this, the better chance that you have to delay and reduce and suppress transmission. >> reporter: the test itself is similar to one done fror the fl, a swab from the throat or the nose. the test takes about six hours. so what happened here? many point to two issues. the initial test kits sent to the state and county labs were defective, and then the initial cdc criteria limited the testing only to those traveling to areas impacted by the epidemic or had been around those w...

Hapds. earlier in the week this is what pence said. >> any pattern that wants to be tested for the coronavirus on their doctors indications can be tested. >> but yesterday pence acknowledged what has now become obvious. >> we dont have enough tests today to meet what we anticipate will be the demand going forward. >> pence now claims 1.2 million testing kits will be shipped nationwide by the end of this week. though actually testing patients will take longer. >> meantime the world health organiz...

President mike pence traveled to washington state yesterday modeling good infection control by bumping elbows with governor jay inslee instead of shaking hands. pence said this. >> any american that wants to be tested for coronavirus on their doctors indications can be tested. >> but yesterday pence acknowledged what has become obvious. >> we dont have enough tests today to meet what we anticipate will be the demand going forward. >> pence now claims 1.2 million testing kits will be shipped nati...

Novel coronavirus outbreak, but as chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta reports, despite ramping up the production, there is a massive nationwide shortage. >> we are going to need millions and millions of tests. >> reporter: the problem is that a month after the first patient was diagnosed in the united states, we dont have nearly enough tests. according to our review of the cdc reports only 1,500 people have been tested, total. it is a big different from other countries like south korea...

Make some statements. dr. anthony fauchi of the nih is going to be there as well. we will have much more live coverage of that coming up after this.

>> fauci said the world will need millions and millions of tests for coronavirus and he acknowledged testing got off to a slow start. on the subject of testing earlier in the week pence said this. >> any american that wants to be tested for the coronavirus on their doctors indication can be tested. >> but yesterday pence acknowledged what is now obvious. >> we dont have enough tests today to meet what we anticipate will be the demand going

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