Testing Blunders Crippled U.S. Response To Virus Spread

WASHINGTON (AP) – An Associated Press review has found that a series of missteps at the nation’s top public health agency created a critical shortage of reliable tests for the coronavirus. Those stumbles at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hobbled the federal response as the pandemic spread across the nation. President Donald Trump has assured Americans that “anyone who wants a test can get a test.” But more than two months after the first U.S. coronavirus case was confirmed, many people are still unable to get tested and it can take a week for test results to be returned.