By — Associated Press Associated Press Leave a comment 0comments Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/watch-live-trump-white-house-coronavirus-task-force-hold-news-briefing-4 Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter WATCH: Trump suggests governors don’t ‘understand’ U.S. virus testing capacity Health Updated on Apr 20, 2020 7:44 PM EDT — Published on Apr 20, 2020 2:26 PM EDT WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has criticized governors who’ve said they don’t have enough tests for the new coronavirus to ease restrictions on economic activity. Watch the briefing in the player above. Many of the nation’s governors have expressed concerns about returning to a more normal course of business without greatly expanding testing. Republican Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland announced Monday that he had secured 500,000 tests from South Korea after more than 20 days of negotiations. He said states had been forced to fend for themselves and compete against each other for tests. WATCH: Maryland secures 500,000 tests from South Korea But Trump said at his daily briefing on Monday that Hogan did not understand “too much about what was going on.” Trump also says Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker of Illinois “did not understand his capacity.” Trump says the administration provided governors on Monday with a list of labs where they could find additional testing capacity. The president says “we’re in very good shape on testing.” Trump also says ”it is a complex subject,” and noted that the states should lead. By — Associated Press Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has criticized governors who’ve said they don’t have enough tests for the new coronavirus to ease restrictions on economic activity. Watch the briefing in the player above. Many of the nation’s governors have expressed concerns about returning to a more normal course of business without greatly expanding testing. Republican Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland announced Monday that he had secured 500,000 tests from South Korea after more than 20 days of negotiations. He said states had been forced to fend for themselves and compete against each other for tests. WATCH: Maryland secures 500,000 tests from South Korea But Trump said at his daily briefing on Monday that Hogan did not understand “too much about what was going on.” Trump also says Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker of Illinois “did not understand his capacity.” Trump says the administration provided governors on Monday with a list of labs where they could find additional testing capacity. The president says “we’re in very good shape on testing.” Trump also says ”it is a complex subject,” and noted that the states should lead.