But she urged doing so cautiously to avoid reigniting the outbreak just as it appeared to be getting under control. Trump has insisted it was up to the states to ramp up such testing. The United States has reported more coronavirus cases than any other country, with nearly 690,000 known infections as of Friday, including more than 35,300 deaths. 'PASSING THE BUCK'Cuomo countered on Friday that the federal government was foisting that responsibility on the states without providing necessary financial resources. Public health experts and some other state governors have said that only a comprehensive testing programme would help them to safely restart business.

Source: bd News24 April 17, 2020 23:15 UTC