Experts attribute South Korea's recent decline in new coronavirus cases to its early testing efforts, a successful example of what is now commonly referred to as 'flattening the curve'
The United States is turning to South Korea — a country with an aggressive testing regime that US President Donald Trump previously downplayed — to bring approximately 750,000 more coronavirus tests to the US, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The intent, the FEMA spokesperson said, is to move the tests to a cold storage facility in Louisville, Kentucky, for distribution. Urgent needs will be given priority, according to a FEMA advisory obtained by CNN.Trump acknowledged on Twitter in late March that South Korea has been very successful regarding testing. By April, Trump claimed that US tests are faster and more accurate than South Korea's.
South Korea's Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha appeared to allude to the incoming tests in an interview with France 24 posted online Monday. Over recent weeks, the Trump administration indicated it'd be pulling back federal support of testing sites.
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