The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have only run 70 coronavirus tests within the last week, new figures reveal. The federal heath agency ran 54 tests on March 5 and 16 tests on March 6 - and no tests between March 7 and March 10. What's more, only eight tests were completed by US public health laboratories on March 10 - a 97 percent drop from the day before. New figures have revealed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have only run 70 tests in the last seven days. 'The truth is we've underinvested in the public health labs,' Dr Redfield said.

Source: Daily Mail March 12, 2020 19:25 UTC