Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Robert Redfield, both members of the White House coronavirus task force, said they are committed to increasing — not slowing down — testing for coronavirus.
The comments come as President Trump has come under fire for saying that he told staff to slow down testing for the disease to hide the discovery of more cases. While members of his own administration have said the comments were in jest, Trump insisted today he was not kidding.
Asked about the state of testing, Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said he has not been told to slow down on testing.
“In fact, we will be doing more testing,” he said. “We’re going to be doing more testing, not less.”
Redfield, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention same question reiterated Fauci’s remarks.
“All of us have been and continued to be committed to increasing readily, timely access to testing,” he said.
