Cuomo said at their White House meeting Trump committed to procure more testing supplies from China and other overseas manufacturers. He said they agreed the Navy ship Comfort could leave New York.
Hospital clinicians in Newton, Mass., work with test kits to determine if patients have the coronavirus. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says President Trump agreed Tuesday to help his state get more of the supplies needed to expand testing.Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images
The goal is for New York to double the number of people tested daily from 20,000 to 40,000 by mid-May. Cuomo says New York will focus mostly on diagnostic tests to identify people contagious with the coronavirus, but will also conduct antibody tests to find those who have recovered from COVID-19.County health departments across New York have worked in recent weeks to track and contain the spread of the coronavirus.
The scarcity of testing kits, chemicals and other supplies has been a major flash point between Trump and some governors since the pandemic reached the U.S. Cuomo has often criticized the White House for not doing more to help. He predicted Tuesday's agreement would end"the whole back-and-forth and the finger pointing."Cuomo was asked whether Trump plans to use the Defense Production Act to force some U.S. companies to help produce more testing components.
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