Vice Pres. Mike Pence tells governors that he wants to see every state prioritize COVID-19 screening inside facilities that have been hit hardest by coronavirus.
"I want to say what we're urging with regard to nursing home testing is ... let's just get everybody in the homes everybody on the staff, let's get them tested," Pence said Monday.
White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx listens as President Donald Trump holds a meeting about the coronavirus response with Gov. Greg Abbott in the Oval Office of the White House, May 7, 2020, in Washington."We're really asking for every governor to focus, over the next two weeks, on testing 100% of the residents and workers, then setting up routine surveillance of all of the workers," Birx said.
on hand, at this point, to screen every resident."We are still trying to get the tests we need in the states where it has been mandated," said the official, who asked not to be named so as not to jeopardize the company's relationship with state and federal officials. "Many nursing home workers are parents, too, and go home to families unsure of whether they are carrying the virus," Verrett said.
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