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Trump Says U.S. Conducting About 100,000 Virus Tests a Day

Trump Says U.S. Conducting About 100,000 Virus Tests a Day

(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump said the U.S. is conducting about 100,000 tests a day for conoravirus after weeks of complaints from governors and health-care workers about a scarcity of tests.

Trump told reporters at the White House on Friday that the U.S. is testing “more than anybody in the world.”

The U.S. has become the worldwide epicenter of the epidemic, with more than 100,000 people infected as of Friday, surpassing China.

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