Trump’s own testing chief says his promise of 5 million daily coronavirus tests is ‘impossible’ – Raw Story

During a press briefing at the White House on Tuesday, President Trump claimed that the U.S. will be able to carry out five million coronavirus tests per day. But according to a top official overseeing the effort, that goal is nowhere near achievable given the technology that’s available, TIME reports. “[T]here is absolutely no way on Earth, on this planet or any other planet, that we can do 20 million tests a day, or even five million tests a day,” Admiral Brett Giroir told TIME. Since the beginning of the year, the Administration has conducted 5.7 million tests in total. https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/trumps-own-testing-chief-says-his-promise-of-5-million-daily-coronavirus-tests-is-impossible/