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Public health expert fears states are reopening too soon

Clip: 5/7/2020 | 6m 46sVideo has Closed Captions

Public health expert decries 'total abdication of federal leadership' on COVID-19 testing

More than half of U.S. states have started lifting pandemic restrictions and reopening their economies. But questions remain about how to resume business while maintaining social distancing. In addition, testing for COVID-19 remains relatively limited, with about 250,000 tests per day conducted nationwide. Judy Woodruff talks to Dr. Ashish Jha, director of the Harvard Global Health Institute.

05/07/2020

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