Accessibility links

Breaking News

COVID-19 Testing Debate Heats Up as US Virus Numbers Rise


COVID-19 Testing Debate Heats Up as US Virus Numbers Rise
please wait

No media source currently available

0:00 0:02:50 0:00

Top U.S. health officials told lawmakers Tuesday the nation’s coronavirus response is improving – even as 26 U.S. states are now reporting a rise in the number of COVID-19 cases. Those numbers have increasingly become the focus of a political debate after President Donald Trump said at a rally Saturday, he had asked for slower coronavirus testing. VOA’s congressional correspondent Katherine Gypson has more from Capitol Hill.

XS
SM
MD
LG