CDC 'let the country down' on coronavirus testing: White House

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CDC 'let the country down' on coronavirus testing: White House COVID19

WASHINGTON - The White House rebuked the top US health agency on Sunday, saying "it let the country down" on providing testing crucial to the battle against the coronavirus outbreak.

"Early on in this crisis, the CDC, which really had the most trusted brand around the world in this space, really let the country down with the testing," White House trade advisor Peter Navarro told NBC's "Meet the Press." Trump often blames the administration of his predecessor, Barack Obama, for passing on "broken tests" for the new coronavirus -- although Obama left office years before the virus came into existence.

On March 6, Trump said as he toured the CDC headquarters in Atlanta that 4 million "beautiful" testing kits would be available within a week and that "anybody that needs a test gets a test." Experts say widespread testing -- of healthy people as well as those with symptoms -- is crucial as a means of knowing exactly where the virus is spreading as the US begins reopening the world's biggest economy.

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