President Donald Trump has announced that his administration has approved $1 billion for states and U.S. territories to help ramp up testing for the coronavirus.
Trump made the announcement from the Rose Garden on Monday.
For weeks the White House has resisted calls to set specific testing goals or metrics. And President Trump has reiterated that governors are responsible for testing.
Administration officials said the federal government is providing states with enough supplies to meet their testing goals.
At a minimum, the White House wants all states testing at least 2% of their populations, though the administration has declined to elaborate on how that number was reached.
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