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I'm James Holman from the Washington Post and this is the Daily 202 for Friday, March 13th.

In today's news, President Trump launches air strikes against Iranian-backed militias in Iraq.

Joe Biden hires a new manager as part of a campaign shakeup.

And a pregnant woman dies after falling from the border wall.

But first, the big idea.

There are now more than 1,600 confirmed cases of coronavirus inside the United States and at least 41 deaths.

Patience and doctors are still hitting roadblocks here after President Trump promised that anybody can get tested.

There remain limited numbers of tests and the capacity of laboratories is under heavy strain.

The constraints are squeezing out patients who don't meet rigid government

eligibility criteria even if their doctors desperately want them tested. This is according

to dozens of interviews with doctors and patients from coast to coast.

Even members of the President's own party are venting about not being able to get answers on when

the nation will see more commercial tests, faster testing, and more widely available testing. more specimens for the coronavirus. The number of people who have actually been

tested is likely far lower than that because labs usually test at least two

specimens per person. What that means is about 5,000 people in the US have probably been tested altogether.

In contrast, South Korea has been running 10,000 tests per day.

The number of medical professionals and patients who are denied

access to tests is not tracked, but in interviews people from Wisconsin to

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