Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) on Sunday stated it was “delusional” for President Donald Trump to declare the U.S. presently has the testing capacity required for states to unwind social distancing steps amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Multiple guvs of both parties have slammed the nation’s testing capability in current days, as Trump and some in his administration have pressed to “resume” parts of the country by May 1.
On Saturday, echoing comments Vice President Mike Pence made a day prior, Trump declared “experts” had actually said that “America’s testing capability and capacity is totally adequate to begin opening up the country totally.”
Numerous health authorities in the Trump administration have actually warned versus setting May 1 as a time frame to loosen up social distancing standards, and Dr. Anthony Fauci, the federal government’s top transmittable disease specialist, stated last week that the U.S. has not yet developed the screening and tracing procedures needed to begin reopening the economy.
Northam informed CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday that Trump’s claim was “just delusional,” adding Virginia still has a hard time to get crucial medical products and claiming the Trump administration has been “reckless” in using no assistance to sta