(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) U.S. media claims that the detection capacity of the New Coronavirus is still insufficient
China News Agency, New York, April 28th-New Corona virus infection in the United States exceeded 1 million on the 28th. The media pointed out that the current virus detection capacity in the United States is still insufficient, and health experts call on the federal government to increase investment.
US President Trump said on the 27th that the United States is currently rapidly and massively improving its detection capabilities, and hopes that the United States will restart as soon as possible. But CNN said health officials warned that the current amount of virus detection is not enough to support states to safely restart their economies.
"The New York Times" pointed out that as of the 27th, the United States conducted a total of nearly 5.6 million reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests. In terms of population ratio, the amount of detection in the United States is significantly lower than in many developed countries. This detection volume is far from enough, and the accuracy is not good.
The National Public Radio (NPR) reported that many US organizations and experts called on the federal government to increase investment in virus detection and tracking. The NPR survey found that among the 50 states and Washington, DC, only North Dakota has enough virus trackers; Michigan, Nebraska, and Washington, DC have recently been able to recruit enough personnel; 37 states have insufficient virus trackers New York, New Jersey, California and Washington are among the most severely affected. There are 10 other states without data.
NPR said that more than a dozen experts in the US health field issued an open letter to the leaders of the two parties in the United States on the 27th, calling for an increase in the employment of virus tracing personnel as soon as possible and providing at least $ 46.5 billion in funding for tracing the virus and isolating infected persons.
A commentary in the New York Times said that Trump and his team were caught off guard by the epidemic, wasting precious time. Even worse, they tried to cover up the severity of the outbreak at the end of February. A commentary article on the CNN website pointed out that Trump has recently used the daily press conference to shirk responsibility for himself, trying to "dump the pot" to China and other goals. If Trump and the White House really want to convey accurate and truthful information about the epidemic, they should leave the press conference to health experts. (Finish)