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Pence, Pelosi Spar on Coronavirus Testing

Ken Bredemeier

   WASHINGTON - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Nancy
   Pelosi sparred Sunday on the shortfall in testing people for
   coronavirus in the United States, but said they were close to a deal on
   more funding for small businesses shut by the pandemic to pay their
   workers and eventually reopen.

   Pence, the leader of the White House coronavirus task force, told "Fox
   News Sunday" he believes there are a "sufficient" number of test kits
   available throughout the country "for any state" to move into the first
   phase of new government guidelines to slowly return the country to work
   and a sense of normalcy.

   The U.S. is currently performing 150,000 coronavirus tests a day, but
   some experts say that 500,000 are needed. Pence said he thinks the
   government can reach 300,000 a day, which he said was a big enough
   number to give Americans "the confidence and tools to go back to work."

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